Prysmian Group powers MOSE, the mobile barrier system for the protection of Venice from high tides and floods
The MOSE system (an acronym for MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico, i.e. Experimental Electromechanical Module) is the response to the need for complete defense of the entire Venetian Lagoon from the high tides of any level. It consists of 78 mobile gates at the inlets of Lido, Malamocco and Chioggia that will temporary separate the Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea, thus preventing flooding, during high tide events.
Prysmian Group has supplied a total of more than 150 km of Low Voltage and Control cables for the shoulder boxes connecting the barriers and the surrounding territory and hosting all the systems and buildings necessary for the operation of the sluice gates and approximately 35 km of Medium Voltage cables used to connect the main power distribution supply to the whole system. All cable types supplied were CPR compliant and fit for use in water environment; cables were produced in the Group’s production units of Merlino and Giovinazzo (Italy) in 2019.