CONTRACT NEWS
CONTRACT NEWS
TOURBE OR NOT TOURBE
Prysmian Group has secured a contract worth around € 350m with IFA2 SAS , a joint venture between National Grid IFA 2 – part of National GridUK – and RTE of France . The contract is for the turnkey design , manufacture and installation of a submarine and land power cable link to connect Tourbe in France to Chilling in Hampshire , UK .
The high voltage direct current ( HVDC ) interconnection will operate at 320kV DC and will allow up to 1,000MW of power to be transferred between the countries . The HVDC cable system comprises approximately 25km route length in France , running from Tourbe converter station in Northern France to the landing point close to Caen .
The subsea route is just over 200km and will land at the south coast of the UK at Solent Airport near Fareham where the UK converter station is to be located . In addition to the HVDC cable link , the contract includes a high voltage alternating current link that will connect the converter station to a local substation in Chilling , UK . This includes 2km land sections at each end with a 5km subsea section between them . The system commissioning is scheduled for 2020 .
For further information visit : www . prysmiangroup . com
THE ART OF PHYSICS
When Durham University wanted to create a new university building with light and openness to house its Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics , Zumtobel luminaires were chosen to supply the lighting for the project . The £ 11.5m development at Durham University will provide 80 new offices for professors , lecturers , doctoral students , postdoctoral researchers , support staff and visiting academics .
Zumtobel ’ s Tecton , Chiaro2 and Linaria LEDs met the stringent sustainability requirements of the project and the policy to minimise environmental impacts and ongoing running costs , while providing excellent value for money . Tecton trunking , Tecton LED luminaires and Iyon LED spotlights were installed in the main offices to cope effortlessly with the various lighting requirements of the space . All functions such as power supply , lighting control and connection to emergency lighting are seamlessly integrated into this multifunctional trunking . Luminaires can be positioned flexibly and the system can be adapted to suit structural alterations at any time .
Tecton LED and Lincor direct / indirect pendant luminaires were chosen for the open areas . With its slim and unobtrusive design , the Lincor LED luminaire draws an elegant line through the room . Efficient LED technology takes full effect in a section of only 63mm 2 , resulting in high quality indirect / direct lighting .
Zumtobel worked closely with the architects and designers to deliver a state of the art and fully accessible facility , with robust materials and a future proofed capacity .
For further information visit : www . zumtobel . co . uk