(ANSA) - Milan, September 4 - Prysmian Group, world leader
in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, have
secured three important projects to provide new cable
connections for offshore wind farms in France.
Eolien Maritime France (a joint venture between the French
company EDF Energies Nouvelles and the Canadian
company Enbridge) awards Prysmian with the design, supply and
installation of inter array cables for the two offshore
wind farms, Fécamp and Courseulles-sur-Mer owned by EMF and wpd
offshore, located off the North France coast.
The contracts worth over €200 million are expected to proceed
in early autumn for these two prestigious wind farms.
A third project, for the Saint Nazaire wind farm also owned
by Eolien Maritime France, with a value for Prysmian in
excess of €20 million, is in the process of being secured in a
consortium between Prysmian and Louis Dreyfus
Travocean.
In the words of Hakan Ozmen, EVP Projects BU, Prysmian Group:
"These new important awards confirm that we
have all the capabilities to achieve our ambitious growth
targets in the offshore wind farm market. Our investments
have strengthened both our production capacity and installation
capabilities and the market is showing its confidence
in us."
Within these projects, Prysmian will provide 33 kV three-core
submarine cable systems with XLPE insulation with a
total for the three wind farms of around 345 km of cables.
The Fécamp project will involve connecting 83 WTGs with a
total capacity of 498 MW, while Courseulles-sur-Mer will
connect 75 WTGs with a total capacity of 450 MW. Cable,
accessories and terminating services shall be provided by
Prysmian for the 80 WTGs for the 480 MW capacity of Saint
Nazaire.
These projects will lead to the construction of France's
first large-scale offshore wind farms. Prysmian will rely on
the strategic and immediately available facilities of General
Cable's subsidiary NSW. Cable cores will be manufactured
at the Group's centre of excellence in Montereau-fault-yonne,
France, and then assembled and finished in
Nordenham, Germany, providing the French market with Prysmian's
state-of-the-art cable systems manufactured
locally.
On Fécamp and Courseulles-sur-Mer, Prysmian will be the
turn-key solution provider and shall both supply and
install all inter-array cables between the WTGs, making
available strategic installation assets and high value-added
competence and know-how, whilst ensuring a tighter control over
the entire supply chain. Delivery and commissioning of the
cables are expected during the period 2020-2022, depending on
the individual project timelines.
"These awards represent an important milestone for Prysmian
as they are related to the first major projects in this
market and they show that our ambition of becoming a one-stop
service provider covering the entire supply chain
is credible and sustainable," added Alessandro Panico, Sales
Team Manager - Offshore Wind, Prysmian Group.
These projects come at a very important time for the Group,
which has secured offshore wind projects for over
€650M in 2017-2018.
Eolien Maritime France and wpd offshore are waiting for the
decision of the French Council of State about the appeal
against the projects authorizations to start construction.
The Prysmian Group is world leader in the energy and telecom
cable systems industry. With almost 140 years of experience,
sales exceeding €11 billion (pro-forma as of 31.12.2017), about
30,000 employees in over 50 countries and 112 plants, the Group
is strongly positioned in high-tech markets and offers the
widest possible range of products, services, technologies and
know-how.
It operates in the businesses of underground and submarine
cables and systems for power transmission and distribution, of
special cables for applications in many different industries and
of medium and low voltage cables for the construction and
infrastructure sectors. For the telecommunications industry, the
Group manufactures cables and accessories for voice, video and
data.
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