CABLING & CABLE MANAGEMENT SUPPLEMENT FEATURE TAKING POWER UNDERGROUND
Nexans has been awarded a contract to supply high voltage underground cables for the Dorset visual impact provision (VIP) project
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he contract was awarded by Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, the main
contractor, as part of its underground, onshore electricity cable framework agreement for National Grid. The project will focus on reducing the
visual impact of an existing 8.8km section of 400kV overhead line, replacing it with underground cabling and enabling 22 pylons to be removed. It also includes the construction of two
new sealing end compounds, required to connect the new underground cables to the remaining overhead line. Nexans is supplying over 100km of specialised copper-core HV cable with
XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) insulation suitable for burying underground. The cables will be used to create two, three-phase circuits, each with two cables per phase. The company is also providing accessories and jointing services. “We are delighted to be involved in
this key National Grid project, to demonstrate the capability of our underground cables to mitigate the visual impact of high voltage power links. Nexans has been deeply involved with Morgan Sindall Infrastructure from the start of the project design process and we have already reached the stage
where the cable system is being further refined and optimised”, says Laurent Guillaumin, Nexans business development director UK/Ireland subsea and land systems. The project will take up to three years
to complete, including the removal of the existing line and pylons. The cables will be manufactured by Nexans Benelux plant in Charleroi, Belgium, while the accessories will be delivered by Nexans’ Switzerland plant in Cortaillod. The jointing services will be secured by the Nexans UK installation team.
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