In addition to being a fundamental asset for offshore wind production in the U.S., Prysmian’s investment will play a positive role in the community, developing Brayton Point into a strategic knowledge and production center supporting the sustainable development of this area, and creating new quality jobs and opportunities.
Prysmian Group has 28 manufacturing facilities, eight distribution facilities, six research and development centers, and more than 5,800 employees in North America, making it the largest cable manufacturer in the region. In 2018, Prysmian Group acquired General Cable and has heavily invested in plant expansions and modernization across North America.
Prysmian’s U.S. track record includes the milestones submarine cable interconnection projects like Neptune, TransBay and Hudson Transmission, as well as the SOO Green HVDC link awarded in 2021. Prysmian has two projects in the works for Vineyard Wind: the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm cabling project for which submarine cable installation operations began in November 2022, and the €900 million Commonwealth Wind and Park City projects. Other U.S. windfarm projects awarded to Prysmian Group include the €630 million project to link the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) wind farm to the mainland grid, and the Empire Wind inter-array cable.