Prysmian connects power accross Phillipines
Prysmian secures € 90 M
contract for a new submarine power cable project in the Philippines
The new project strengthens the group’s business in Asia
Submarine cables record-breaking order book value at 2.5 billion euro reconfirms
Market’s trust in the group’s reputation and reliability
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems
industry, has been awarded a contract by the Filipino grid operating company
NGCP (National Grid Corporation of the Philippines) worth a total of around
Euro 90 million for the design, supply, installation, and commissioning
of a submarine power cable link to connect Negros and Panay islands in
the Philippines.
The Negros-Panay connection project, known as CNP-1 (Cebu-Negros-Panay
phase 1), is the first stage of a larger development plan by NGCP, aimed
at connecting the Cebu, Negros and Panay islands to each other and at strengthening
the Country’s power transmission network. The submarine cable link will
be one of the main assets to play a core role in this plan as it will back
up the existing 138 kV oil filled cable circuit, which is currently the
only connection among the islands.
“This new project reconfirms Prysmian’s undisputed key role in the submarine
cable systems industry as a truly reliable and dedicated leader in the
execution of turn-key complex projects”, stated Massimo Battaini, Prysmian
Group’s Senior Vice President Energy Projects. “Our submarine cables
order book hovers around a record-breaking stable value of 2.5 billion
euro and we have secured the CNP-1 contract against tight competition from
Far Eastern manufacturers. These are tangible signs of the Group’s strong
and acknowledged reputation and of the trust of the market”, he added.
The CNP-1 cable connection comprises three HVAC (High Voltage Alternating
Current) 230 kV single core cables with XLPE insulation and single wire
armouring along a 22 km submarine route across the Guimaras Strait. As
part of the complete system Prysmian will also supply and install underground
cables for the land portions of the link and will erect the two Cable Terminal
Stations (CTS) in Barotac Viejo on the Panay side and in Magalona on the
Negros side. Cables will be produced in the Group’s excellence centre
for submarine cables in Arco Felice, near Naples (Italy). Delivery and
commissioning is scheduled for the first half of 2016.
The Group is already a leading supplier and installer of submarine cable
links throughout the strategic and high-growth Asia Pacific Region, with
milestone projects such as the Penang Island in Malaysia, the Java-Bali
link in Indonesia, the Cheju Island in Korea, the Ha Tien-Phu Quoc in Vietnam
and the Basslink interconnector in Australia, just to name a few. The CNP-1
project is the Group’s first turn-key in the Philippines.
With the goal of continuing to meet the needs of high potential growth
markets for the development of new infrastructure, the Group is moving
ahead with a major investment programme to expand production capabilities
and to multiply the use of innovative technologies such as HVDC (High Voltage
Direct Current) cables, which let large quantities of energy be transmitted
over long distances. Furthermore, the Group has strengthened its portfolio
of connections to mainland grids and inter-array connections between turbines,
also thanks to cables manufactured at the Drammen plant in Norway and to
installation services provided by the cable laying ship Cable Enterprise,
which will soon be leaving docks after extensive upgrade from dumb barge
to self-propelled DP2 vessel.
