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Prysmian secures €27 million project to develop submarine power cable connections for the
Ormonde off shore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
This contract further enhances prysmian’s leading position in the offshore renewable energy
market, being involved in major projects such as Greater Gabbard, Thanet, Gunfleet, Alpha
Ventus.
Prysmian has been awarded a major project by Ormonde Energy Ltd (a Vattenfall AB owned
company) for the
development of submarine power cable connections for the new Ormonde Wind Farm
project. The contract amounts to
€27 million with the delivery of cables expected during 2010.
The
Ormonde Wind Farm is located approximately 10km West of Walney Island,
Barrow-in-Furness, in the Irish Sea, and it is rated at 150MW. In particular, Prysmian is involved
in the design and supply of 33kV inter-array cable to connect the 30 turbines making up the wind
farm and the 132kV export cable to connect the project to the mainland grid. The cables will be
manufactured at the Prysmian submarine cables factory based in Arco Felice, Italy.
“This new contract shows that the investments in offshore wind continue and that Prysmian’s
experience in the rapidly expanding
Renewable Energy sector put us in a good position to expand further our order
portfolio in the future”, said Hans Nieman, Chief Executive Officer of Prysmian PowerLink, the HV
and Submarine arm of the Prysmian Group.
Thanks to this new agreement, Prysmian further increases its leading position in the supply
of submarine cables for the offshore renewables market. Currently
the Group is involved in other major offshore wind projects such as the Greater
Gabbard (UK), which when completed in 2010 will be the world’s largest offshore facility; the
Thanet wind park in the North Sea; the Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm in Germany; and the Gunfleet
Sands offshore wind farm in the UK.
Related Information & Documents
Press
release
Prysmian
submarine energy systems brochure and video
Prysmian
Wind Farm cables
Prysmian Wind Farm Success stories
Prysmian
awarded major contract to supply Submarine Power Cables and Systems for UK-based Thanet Offshore
Wind Park
Prysmian
secures contract to supply High Tech power cables for the greater Gabbard in UK
Prysmian
secures strategic cable contracts worth a total 35 million euro for major Offshore wind power
plants
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