INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cabling
Nexans qualifies high voltage cable to
world record water depth to create power
connection across a Norwegian Fjord
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exans, a leader in advanced cabling
systems, solutions and services,
has completed the final type-test
to qualify its state-of-the-art 420 kV XLPE
subsea cable for installation at a world
record depth of 550 metres.
This includes a new 420 kV connection
between Modalen-Mongstad that will ensure
a stable and reliable power supply to over
420,000 residents, businesses and industry
facilities throughout the region.
Ivar Rolfstad, Nexans Project Manager, said:
“We have every reason to be proud of what
we have accomplished. We have pushed
the technological boundaries and our own
previous world records!” n
The cable type-testing, carried out by Nexans
Norway, is a vital preparation for a project
to create a subsea power interconnector
THE FENSFJORDEN
PROJECT FORMS
PART OF A
BROADER PLAN
BY BKK NETT AS,
ONE OF NORWAY’S
LARGEST POWER
COMPANIES, TO
STRENGTHEN
THE ELECTRICAL
GRID IN WESTERN
NORWAY.
crossing Fensfjorden, a fjord close to Bergen
in Norway, which is approximately 8km wide
and 526 metres at its deepest point.
The Fensfjorden project forms part of a
broader plan by BKK Nett AS, one of Norway’s
largest power companies, to strengthen the
electrical grid in Western Norway.
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