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Soil Heat provides in-situ thermal conductivity testing of soils

Soil Heat have introduced the UK's first IN-SITU soil thermal conductivity testing and surveying service. If heat dissipation from underground cables is an issue for you, then you should be investigating this technique. Based on the NNSP technique the survey tool undertakes an in-situ thermal response test and calculates the soil thermal conductivity based on a temperature decay curve. Each test takes between 10 and 15 minutes allowing a ... [more]

Noskab to supply medium voltage power cables and accessories for the giant Gorgon Project in Australia

MacLean Electrical Group has won a contract worth £12.4 million to supply the Gorgon Project, one of the world’s biggest natural gas development projects. Situated off the north-west coast of Western Australia, the AU$43 billion Gorgon Project will include a facility to process 15 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually, plus a domestic gas plant, as well as the world’s largest carbon dioxide injection system to send the gas bi-product d... [more]

Prysmian delivers 134 kms of 132 kV cable for offshore wind farm project

Prysmian Cables and Systems has won the contract to supply and install the land connection route for Gwynt y Môr – one of the largest offshore wind farm projects under construction anywhere in the world. At £15 million the contract is the largest so far awarded in the UK by RWE npower renewables and represents a significant investment in the local economy as all the cable will be manufactured at Prysmian’s plant in Wrexham, North Wales. The... [more]

FDB announces EFR-4 EFR-5 universal earth leakage protection relay

The EFR-4/EFR-5 Earth Leakage Protection Relay from FDB Electrical forms part of their Optima range of low cost, high specification RCDs and can be specified at a wide range of trip levels and response times for precise system protection. The EFR-4/EFR-5 is designed for medium to high current applications where space is a limitation. It is housed in a compact Din-rail mounting enclosure complete with integral 28 or 46mm C.T. sensory coil and ... [more]

Tratoswind is the latest generation of medium voltage power cables for use with wind turbines

With the UK boasting 40% of Europe's total wind energy, the new range of Tratoswind cables has been designed to provide home-grown industrial, commercial and larger domestic wind power users with quality cabling for wind turbines that combines flexibility and durability. Tratoswind is the latest generation of medium voltage power cables from Tratos Ltd. for use with wind turbines. Tratoswind cables have a maximum torsional stress of ±100º/m, a... [more]

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