Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract worth approximately €200 million by Vineyard Wind, to provide a submarine power cable system which will deliver the generated energy to the mainland power grid in the USA.
With the notice to proceed expected at the end of 2019, Prysmian Group will be responsible for the design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of an HVAC cable system composed of two 220 kV three-core cables utilising extruded XLPE insulation. The project requires a total of 134 km of power cables. Installation operations will be performed by Prysmian Group’s cable laying vessels Cable Enterprise and Ulisse. Delivery and commissioning of the project are scheduled for 2021. Prysmian will also provide PRY-CAM permanent monitoring solutions.
