The visionary goal of Europe’s energy policy is to
provide wind energy to the north of the continent,
mostly in winter, when power demand usually peaks,
while benefiting the South during sunny and hot
summer seasons, when air conditioning is most in demand. And
vice versa. But it’s a costly task that involves huge amounts of
investment into transmission networks across European borders.
That’s why Prysmian is focused on innovating to increase the
capacity efficiency and sustainability of grids, while substantially
reducing costs.
Europe is betting hard on
offshore wind as part of
its strategy to create an
integrated, eco-friendly
continental energy market.
And so, as leader of the
energy cable industry,
Prysmian Group is playing
its part by multiplying its
efforts to provide the most
efficient, state-of- the-art
transmission systems, and
enhancing its production
capacity.
Prysmian is pursuing its growth strategy in wind energy with new efforts to strengthen submarine power cables production capabilities. The Group has invested around €100 million to upgrade production capabilities in its two cable plants in Pikkala, Finland and Arco Felice, Italy – the Group’s centres of excellence for submarine cable production. These new investments have enabled both plants to be fully equipped to manufacture and test large cross-section, 3-core AC cables up to a voltage of 400 kV. Pikkala is currently the most technically advanced factory for the production of extruded insulation submarine cables in the entire cable industry. Cables are manufactured in state-of-the-art facilities; with insulation testing performed on a vertical line installed in a tower almost 100 metres tall, for both AC and DC applications. Recent capability upgrades have been carried out to meet demand from the offshore wind industry.
