Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth approximately 85 million euro by REE (Red Eléctrica de España; S.A.U.); the Transmission System Operator of the Spanish electricity system; for the second circuit of the interconnection between the Balearic Islands of Mallorca and Ibiza.

The project involves the design, supply and installation of a turn-key High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) cable system designed to transmit a power of 118 MVA and consisting of 132 kV extruded cables and associated fibre optic cable system along a total route of more than 123 km (115 km submarine and 8.6 km land) for the interconnection between the two islands that will enable integration of Ibiza in the Peninsular network system by ways of the existing “Romulo” (Iberian Peninsula-Mallorca) cable system.

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