Italian subsea cable television company Prysmian Group claimed Thursday it has actually included a brand-new vessel – Barbarossa I – to its fleet.
“After the debut of the state-of-the-art 170-meter Leonardo da Vinci [vessel] in August 2021, Prysmian Group’s fleet would seem to be complete.
But with the addition of Barbarossa I, Prysmian Group becomes the first company in the sector that can provide the full range of submarine cable-laying solutions from the shallowest coastal waters in Northern Europe to the profoundest depths of the Mediterranean Sea. Moreover, it can execute projects in shallow waters without recourse to a subcontractor,” Prysmian Group claimed.
Valerio Acquaotta, Head of Installation for Marine Operations at Prysmian Powerlink claimed:”We are offering our customers the complete bundle in-house” “We acquired Barbarossa I to round out our equipment portfolio, so that we can carry out a series of activities that are specific to areas with these shallow conditions.”
Barbarossa I’s first trip for Prysmian Group has actually been to the tidal apartments of the north coastline of Germany, where Prysmian Group is mounting about 130 kilometers of land as well as submarine wires for the DolWin5 overseas grid link job appointed by transmission system driver TenneT.
The complete links will certainly connect the overseas converter system DolWin epsilon, situated about 100 kilometres off the German coastline in the North Sea, to the landmass Emden/Ost converter terminal, with the function of sending the created renewable resource right into the German grid.
IMR operate in French overseas wind market
The wind ranches atSt Nazaire, Fécamp as well as Calvados are amongst the biggest business wind ranches ever before constructed in France, as well as their smooth performance is important to attaining France’s power shift objectives, Prysmian claimed.
The upkeep solutions supplied by Prysmian will certainly lower the size of any type of feasible supply disturbance developing from a power failure of the wind ranches, therefore guaranteeing a continual circulation of renewable resource to French residences as well as organizations, Prysmian claimed.
The contract will certainly last 15 years as well as becomes part of result right away at the already-completed web link ofSt Nazaire. It will certainly be after that included the various other 2 web links as quickly as they become part of procedure.
The agreement will certainly cover the 3 COOLING AND HEATING (High Voltage Alternating Current) 220 kV three-core submarine wires with XLPE insulation as well as single-wire armouring of the Fécamp ( 2x18km overseas), Calvados ( 2x16km overseas) as well asSt Nazaire ( 2x34km overseas) wind ranches.
“This long-term contract will consolidate Prysmian’s relationship with RTE and confirms its commitment to assisting its key customers during the whole life of cable systems,” mentioned Detlev Waimann, Chief Commercial Officer of Prysmian Power Link, Prysmian Group “We are proud to be contributing to the development of such a strategically important infrastructure.”
