WCA MAY 2015

Industry news

Wind power Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH has awarded a contract to Prysmian Group to supply and install wind turbine inter-array cables for the Wikinger offshore wind farm, located within the West of Adlergrund cluster in the German Baltic Sea. In May 2014 Prysmian Group was awarded a contract with 50Hertz Offshore GmbH to design, produce and install multiple 220kV HVAC 3-core extruded submarine cable systems between the planned offshore wind parks within the West of Adlergrund cluster. Under the Wikinger contract, Prysmian will design, manufacture, install and test a total 81km of 33kV submarine cables in different cross-sections to connect the 70 wind turbines and an offshore substation that form the 350MW wind farm. Cables will be produced in Prysmian’s facility in Drammen, Norway, and installation works are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016. Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH – Germany Website : www.iberdrola.es Prysmian Group – Italy Website : www.prysmian.com Copper and cable booming? THE UAE ministry of economy’s latest report states that copper exports contribute approximately $1 billon to UAE’s trade surplus. It has been revealed that there is a difference of just $5 million between volumes of copper cable exports of the USA ($1.33 billion) and the UAE ($1.325 billion), taking the UAE to a global fifth position, after the USA. Participants at Wire and Cable Arabia 2015 acknowledged the investment opportunities offered in the sector in the UAE and wider region, despite a slowdown in other parts of the world. Satish Khanna, the general manager of Al Fajer Information and Services, organisers of Wire and Cable Arabia 2015, said: “The cable industry in the UAE is competitive, mature, expenditure-driven and caters to almost all sectors of the economy. It has gone through a phase of rapid growth that has encouraged new players to enter the sector. “The key growth drivers of the UAE’s cable industry are the booming infrastructure and utilities spending, telecom liberalisation, demand for electricity, government subsidies, and export opportunities.” Mr Khanna explained: “The types of cables produced in the UAE are energy cables, instrumentation cables, power and control cables, industrial cables and communications cables. Wire and Cable Arabia 2015 was able to connect serious buyers with local manufacturers to accelerate export processes.”

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