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Prysmian Group works all over the world on some of the major
submarine power interconnection projects for utilities and
electrical grid operators. These include the SAPEI and recent
MON.ITA. projects in Italy, as well as the record Westernlink
project in the United Kingdom, which boasts a number of
industry records for voltage (600 kV), the highest rating ever
for an insulated cable (2200 MW) and length of route (more
than 400 km).
The Trans Bay, Neptune and Hudson projects in the United
States are illuminating large areas between San Francisco and
New York City with energy from different sources, including
renewables and natural gas.
The Group is also a world leader in offshore wind farm
connections. Prysmian has been involved in major projects
completed in recent years throughout Europe, particularly in
the United Kingdom, and has also supplied cable solutions to
the SylWin1 wind farm in Germany, representing an industry
milestone with a rating of 864 MW and a record voltage of 320
kV DC.
In the area of underground infrastructure, Prysmian Group has
contributed to the construction of electricity grids in some of
the world’s largest metropolises, from New York to Buenos
Aires, London to St. Petersburg, and Singapore to Hong Kong.
The Group supports the petrochemicals industry with a
comprehensive range of SURF products and services, from
umbilical cables for offshore platforms to high-tech flexible
pipes for oil drilling, through to the Downhole Technology
(DHT) acquired thanks to its union with Draka. A recent
contract from Petrobras in Brazil was awarded on the basis of
all these technologies, confirming one of the first important
advantages of creating the new Group.
In the renewable energy market, Prysmian technologies
support the development of some of the most important
solar and wind farms in the world, such as the Ohotnikovo
photovoltaic plant in Ukraine and the principal wind farms in
Southern Italy.
The Group’s fire-resistant cables can be found at the very
heart of the most spectacular, state-of-the-art constructions,
like the Wimbledon tennis stadium and the new Shard
skyscraper in London, the tallest in Western Europe, or Masdar
City in the Arab Emirates, the world’s first carbon-neutral
city. By cabling the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest
building at 828 metres high, Prysmian has guaranteed the
safety of every one of its 162 floors with elevator cables and
fire-resistant cables the length of which is more than 1,300
times the tower’s height. In Singapore, Prysmian Group’s cable
solutions have been used in the Marina Bay Sands, the most
expensive and luxurious casino resort ever built and one of the
most challenging construction projects in the world.
In the Elevator industry, the Group’s elevator cables are
present in some of the world’s tallest or most prestigious
buildings, like the new World Trade Center being completed in
New York City.
In the Transport business, Prysmian has cabled some of the
world’s biggest aircraft and ships, like the Royal Caribbean’s
GENESIS fleet, its fastest trains, like those designed by
Alstom and Siemens, and its most innovative metro systems,
like the one in Istanbul. Furthermore, three million passengers
on the London Underground travel each day through 275
stations along 400 km of lines, thanks to Prysmian and Draka
fire-resistant cables.
By measuring the thickness of land and sea ice, satellites
equipped with our cables are able to see the planet constantly
and provide detailed images of specific places and evidence
of climate change. The Group is proud to be involved in major
space projects as a partner of the European Space Agency.
With a wide range of fibre solutions for voice, video and data,
continuous investment in R&D and more than 30 dedicated
factories, Prysmian Group is the world’s top manufacturer
of Telecom cables, which with it contributes to developing
the infrastructure of many of the major industry players and
which allow the Group to support information flows and
communication between communities around the world.
High fibre-count ribbon cables are helping the Australian
government to achieve its goal of creating a Fibre-to-the-
Premises network that will connect 93% of the country’s
residential and commercial buildings. This project confirms
Prysmian’s central role in the largest infrastructure challenge
ever faced in Australia’s history.
The quality of its optical fibre also allows the Group to meet
the most delicate and futuristic challenges. Draka optical
fibre cables were chosen for the construction of the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest particle accelerator
at CERN in Geneva. The 1,500 km of cables installed in the
tunnel, conveying the vast quantities of data generated by
experiments to the supercomputer, have allowed Prysmian
Group to receive a Golden Hadron, an award for suppliers that
not only meet the needs and requirements of CERN, but also
exceed their contractual obligations.
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