Nexans in €25m Swiss VHV cable deal
Nexans is to supply Very High Voltage (VHV) power lines and fibre optic cables for a major project in Switzerland.
Swissgrid, the national company in charge of Switzerland’s electricity transmission grid, is replacing VHV overhead cables along the southern side of the Geneva-Cointrin airport with underground cables to free up large tracts of land for urban development of the greater Geneva area.
As well as producing and installing nearly 30 km of VHV cables between the electrical stations of Foretaille and Renfile, Nexans will take down and replacing gas isolated links, install two 144-strand fibre optic links and embed a temperature monitoring feature in the cable system.
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The project is part of the “Axe Stratégique Réseau” development programs in the canton of Geneva and the Federal Roads Office’s Redevelopment of the Grand-Saconnex motorway junction. The Swis power grid uses more than 6,700km of cabling between 380kV and 220kV.
“We welcome the opportunity to continue our work with Swissgrid on this ambitious and prestigious project, relying on the many and varied skills of the Nexans teams – from engineering to civil works, but also including the production and installation of very high voltage networks”, says Marco Spinelli, CEO of Nexans Switzerland.
This follows VHV cable connection projects for pumped storage power plants to the national grid and the underground cable connection of La Bâtiaz – Le Verney last year.
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