wiredInUSA February 2018

Underground contract

Africa Energy Indaba

The Taihan Electric Wire Co, a South Korea provider of industrial cables, has won an order to build an underground 500kV ultra-high voltage power cable in the US southwest. Taihan Electric Wire announced that it will install the 53km cable, part of the 830km 500kV Sunzia project linking Arizona and New Mexico, but did not disclose the value of the deal. The Korean company said it has obtained the deal on a turnkey basis from a local joint venture called Sunzia Transmission, established for the project. Under the agreement it will supply the underground cables and related connectors, provide electric grid planning and carry out routing, connecting, and test-running services. It aims to complete the installation by 2020.

The Africa Energy Indaba has announced a strategic partnership with the South African Electrotechnical Export Council (SAEEC) to grow and develop the African energy sector with the SAEEC member companies. The South African Electrotechnical Export Council is a public private partnership between South African business and the department of Trade and Industry, established to facilitate the export growth and internationalization of its members. The partnership creates an opportunity for the SAEEC to be recognized as the trade association partner of the Africa Energy Indaba 2018 (AEI 2018). The Africa Energy Indaba is supported at a strategic level by the World Energy Council (WEC) and the event constitutes the annual WEC Africa forum. In its tenth year of operation, AEI 2018 is a meeting place for African energy ministers and other energy sector leaders and experts from the African continent. The Africa Energy Indaba will take place in Johannesburg, on 20 th and 21 st February 2018.

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