Scope of Work
Categories:
Submarine Cable DesignSubmarine Cable ManufactureSubmarine Cable InstallationOnshore Cable DesignOnshore Cable ManufactureOnshore Cable Installation
Lifecycle Stages:
DevelopmentConstruction
Quantities:41.7 km submarine cable (island link), 13.242 km onshore cable
Cable Specifications:
TypeHVAC
Purposeisland link
Voltage132 kV
Route Length54.942 km
Source text:
Three-core 132 kV HVAC submarine-underground interconnection cable between Ciutadella (Menorca) and Cala Mesquida (Majorca), with an underwater route of 41.7 km at up to ~86 m depth and underground land sections totalling about 13.2 km on the two islands.
Contract Details
Description
Red Eléctrica de España awarded Nexans a turnkey contract, worth around €50 million, to deliver the new 132 kV electricity interconnection between Majorca and Menorca. Signed in November 2018, the contract covered engineering and detailed design, manufacture, supply, offshore laying, burial and onshore installation, as well as testing and commissioning of the three-core HVAC cable system linking the Ciutadella substation in Menorca with the Cala Mesquida substation in Majorca. Nexans manufactured the submarine cable at its Halden plant in Norway and the underground cable at its Charleroi plant in Belgium, with installation performed using the cable-laying vessel C/S Nexans Skagerrak. The scope included approximately 41.7 km of subsea cable and about 13.2 km of underground cable on the two islands, forming a key reinforcement of the Balearic grid that entered service in 2020.