One of Nexans' centers of excellence for power cables is located in Hanover, Germany. The site specializes in cables up to the extra-high voltage level and sells, among other things, single- and three-phase medium-voltage cables for wind farm networking. Most of the time, they are equipped with copper wires or glass fibers for communication ex works. The cables come to the construction site as sets, cut to length, assembled and electrically tested. The matching sets and tools for easy and quick installation are also available. To reduce power losses, Nexans has recently introduced 72.5 kV solutions. Long-standing partner of the wind power industryNexans medium-voltage cables are used in many wind farms. One of the more recent references is the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm off the coast of Yorkshire. For its first construction phase, Nexans is manufacturing and installing 139 km of three-phase submarine cables. For the Westerengel onshore wind farm in Thuringia, Nexans has supplied medium-voltage cables with a record cross-section. The Husum project developer ordered three single-phase 20 kV aluminium cables, each with a conductor cross-section of 1600 mm², so that the up to 23.1 MW of wind power output can reach the grid connection point over 15 kilometres with low losses. The medium-voltage connection proved to be more economical than a high-voltage solution, which would have required the construction of a new substation.
