Nexans awarded contracts for six new solar projects
France, Paris: Nexans is to supply specialised power cables to Australia’s solar farms.
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France, Paris: Nexans is to supply specialised power cables to Australia’s solar farms.
Australia has been enjoying a boom period in its solar power market which could see its solar power capacity almost doubling to over 12 GW and Nexans has been awarded contracts for six new projects in the states of Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.
The generating capacity of the four solar farms will total 672 MW, enough electricity to power over 600,000 homes. They are being commissioned and Nexans is continuing to invest in ongoing cable testing and innovation to meet the requirements of Australia’s renewable energy projects.
The six cable supply contracts have been placed with Nexans’ Olex business by Biosar Australia, a global solar farm EPC contractor, covering the supply of medium voltage and low voltage direct current cables for the new Kiamal, Susan River, Childers, Oakey II, Nevertire and Middlemount solar farm projects. The scope of supply covers Nexans’ full range of KEYLIOS® products including underground 33 kV cables, underground 1,500 V low voltage cables, PV under-array cables, underground data cables, inverter to transformer connectors, communication, tracker control and associated accessories.
Nexans has worked with Biosar Australia throughout the design stage of all six projects to provide specialist engineering support, covering standards and specifications as well as cable and system design support.
Source: Nexans