Nexans has been awarded the contract for the Orkney Link. The interconnector will exchange up to 220MW of energy between the Orkney Islands and the UK mainland. There will be one high voltage alternating current (HVAC) cable circuit extending approx 69km in route (53km subsea, 15km land) from Finstown in Orkney to Dounreay in Caithness. The significant contract includes both the production and the installation of the cable.

Nexans’ superconducting cable is part of the national collection of the emblematic Science Museum Group in London. The cable is displayed in Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery as part of a permanent display, among other prominent technologies empowering the world’s effort to curb climate change. The superconducting cable sample comes from the groundbreaking AmpaCity project in Essen, Germany.

Europacable and International Copper Association Europe presented a webinar for electrical designers, installers and suppliers around the correct criteria to size Fire Resistant cables. As an active member of Europacable and a responsible provider, Nexans fully endorses this approach and played an active role during this session : Franck Gyppaz, Head of Design Lab Fire Safety Systems, was one of the speaker. The recording of our webinar "Sizing of Fire Resistant cables" is now available for you on demand on Voltimum's website.