wiredInUSA December 2017

What goes around…

Balance of power?

Nexans has launched Nexans Recycling Services, aimed at promoting and encouraging the circular economy, and to help customers and partners manage cable waste. Nexans intends to simplify disposal of any copper or aluminum cable, regardless of its origins. The new service allows installers, distributors and utilities, as well as OEMs, resource companies and contractors, to benefit from monetary compensation for their cable waste based on a transparent valorization process. Nexans Recycling Services include turnkey logistics solutions, from collection of leftover and end-of-life cables from construction sites, renovation sites or dismantled installations, to transfer to Nexans’ recycling facilities. In addition, the Nexans service provides empty containers for bulk cable waste and trucks for cable drums. According to a 2008 EU directive, companies in Europe are legally responsible for their cable waste until they can prove it has been appropriately disposed of, or recycled. To this end, full traceability of the recycling process is provided.

Wärtsilä is to supply a 39MW power plant to Aqualectra, the utility company of Curaçao. The turnkey project will provide additional generating capacity and provide Aqualectra with the capacity and flexibility needed to add more wind power to the island’s system. The company already has over 46MW of installed generating capacity from wind energy and plans to add more renewable energy generation in the near future. The new plant will operate on four Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines running initially on heavy fuel oil (HFO), but switching to liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel at a later date. The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled to be delivered in mid-2018, and the plant is expected to be fully operational in November of that year.

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wiredInUSA - December 2017