wiredInUSA January 2019

Securing supply

Island network

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Nexans has a full turnkey contract to reinforce the national grid of the Philippines. The contract includes manufacturing, delivery and installation of 350kV HVDC mass-impregnated (MI) submarine cable, in water depths up to 650m, for the submarine link of the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP). National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) launched the Mindanao-Visayas project to connect the three power grids of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao into one unified national grid. With the completion of the MVIP, expected by 2020, NGCP aims to ensure a more stable and secure supply of power in the country and maximize the use of available local energy resources. The 350kV submarine MI cable will be manufactured in Nexans’ Nippon High Voltage Cable Corporation plant in Futtsu, Japan, and at Nexans’ Norway plant in Halden. The installation and protection works will be performed by Nexans’ C/S Nexans Skagerrak . Vincent Dessale, senior executive vice president Nexans, subsea and land systems business group, said: “…We look forward to contributing to the construction of a single national grid, which will provide a more reliable electricity transmission to the Philippine people.”

The RV Northern Endeavour has completed its survey operations of the proposed route for the Coral Sea Cable system and the Solomon Islands’ domestic network. The vessel has been in Solomon waters, working in collaboration with an onshore team. Preliminary findings from the survey indicate that the Coral Sea Cable, linking Sydney to Honiara, will be around 3,759km long. The Solomon Islands’ domestic network will extend approximately 722km across the Solomon Islands seafloor to deliver high- speed, reliable Internet to Malaita, Western and Choiseul provinces. The governments of the Solomon Islands and Australia are working in partnership to deliver the project, using cable manufactured in France by Alcatel Submarine Networks. Project construction began in July 2018, and the cable is scheduled for service by the end of 2019.

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