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wiredInUSA - March 2014
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Norway’s power supply network will
be reinforced by a major new 420kV
connection between Mongstad and
Kollsnes. Crossing two fjords, Hjeltefjorden
and Lurefjorden, Nexans will install what
is believed to be the world’s longest and
deepest deployment of XLPE insulated
submarine cables in a contract for the
utility BKK Nett AS, worth around €78million.
BKK Nett AS is building the new connection
to reinforce the power grid in the west of
the country. The new power line is essential
to ensure security of supply for the forecast
growth in consumption by residents,
businesses and industrial consumers in
the Bergen region, which is an important
growth area. It will also provide additional
capacity for the grid connection of new
generation resources.
The total length of the new 420kV
Mongstad to Kollsnes connection will be
around 30km. On land, overhead lines will
carry the power, but the majority of the
route will demand submarine cables.
Reinforcing Norway’s
network
UK’s Yorkshire-based KTS Wire has been
acquired by a supplier of advanced
spring wire products. The Morley-based
company’s management team, led by
managing director Steve Longbottom, will
remain in place following the company’s
sale to Sweden’s Suzuki Garphyttan AB,
part of the Suzuki Garphyttan Group.
KTS Wire manufactures plain carbon, alloy,
rolled and shaped wires, using raw and
recycled materials. It exports to a number
of countries, including France, Greece,
Poland, Nigeria, Turkey, Lebanon and the
USA.
KTS gets Swedish
parent