Nexans ENERGYFLEX® cables provide the vital connections for Italy’s largest solar photovoltaic project

Tuesday, Sep 07, 2010

Over1,000 km of specialized ENERGYFLEX® PV cables have been installed by SchneiderElectric at a 43 MW solar photovoltaic facility in Puglia

Nexans, the worldwideleader in the cable industry, has completed a major contract for SchneiderElectric to supply ENERGYFLEX® PV cables from its new KEYLIOSTM range for use in the construction of a 43 MWsolar photovoltaic (PV) facility in the Puglia region of Italy.

The Cellino San Marco(CSM) project, comprising 580,000 panels, is the largest solar PV project inItaly to reach financial close. Nexans has supplied over 1,000 km ofENERGYFLEX® cables to provide durable, high performance in-field connections betweenthe PV panels and the inverters that will transform the solar energy intousable AC electricity.

ENERGYFLEX® cables arepart of Nexans’ comprehensive new KEYLIOSTM rangeof cables, solutions and services for PV installations.

“Wehave developed the ENERGYFLEX® concept to meet the growing demand fromcustomers for PV cables that offer exceptional reliability, durability andhighperformance, andthis major contract for the CSM project is an important breakthrough withinthis specialized market”, says Rémy Le Fur, Nexans Marketing Managerfor renewable energies. “In addition to the technicalcapability of our cables, the key factor that persuaded Schneider Electric toplace this contract with Nexans was our ability to provide a fast response tomeet a tight delivery schedule.”

For the CSM project,Nexans has supplied 212 km of cable with a single 6 mm2 copper core and 804 km of cable with a single10 mm² copper core. The cables comprise both standard ENERGYFLEX® andENERGYFLEX® One Stripe featuring a coloured red or blue strip for ease ofidentification. The cables were installed at the site between March and June2010.

Schneider Electric hasalso purchased bare Nexans cable with a copper cross-section of 35 mm² tocreate the underground cable network for the CSM project.

Source: Nexans