WCA November 2010

Industry news

Composite Technology Corporation (CTC) has completed a 400kV ACCC ® conductor transmission line in Germany. The ACCC 318mm 2 Oslo conductor transmission line in Hanekenfahr, Germany was completed in late 2009 and is now fully energised. The four kilometre, double bundled 400kV line will run at 1,180 amps and is the first ACCC conductor line to be energised by Amprion. The line served as a pilot for Amprion’s personnel to become acquainted with installing CTC Cable’s high efficiency ACCC conductor and accessories and for future consideration of ACCC conductor for high capacity, congested transmission lines. Amprion selected ACCC 318mm 2 Oslo conductor because conventional conductors reach capacity at 80ºC, and it needed to significantly increase capacity without thermal sag. Amprion tested the ACCC 318mm 2 Oslo conductor Bulk order from Tele-Fonika Kable Sikora AG has received a substantial order from Tele-Fonika Kable, Krakau in 2010. The project, with a total volume of €1 million, represents one of the largest orders in the company’s history. Tele-Fonika Kable will use Sikora measuring systems in its cable plants in Kraków/Bieżanów, Kraków/Wielicka and Bydgoszcz in Poland for quality assurance during cable

production. The order includes wall thickness, eccentricity and diameter measuring systems, and breakdown testers for installation in CV-lines, insulating and jacketing lines.

Sikora AG – Germany Fax : +49 421 48900 90 Email : sales@sikora.net Website : www.sikora.net

High voltage transmission line in Germany

and found that it met the requirements for increasing capacity, with less sag at higher temperatures than conventional conductors. Amprion GmbH operates Germany’s longest extra-high voltage grid, with a circuit length of 11,000km, and is an important transmission system operator in Europe. A population of over 27 million from Lower Saxony down to the Alps is supplied with power via the Amprion grid. Amprion is responsible for coordinating the interconnected system within Germany and the northern section of Europe’s extra-high voltage network.

Composite Technology Corporation – USA Website : www.compositetechcorp.com

Amprion GmbH – Germany Website : www.amprion.net

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