Prysmian Signs New Framework Agreement With France’s Transmission System Operator

Prysmian Group has signed a new framework agreement with Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE), France’s Transmission System Operator (TSO), and will be responsible for supplying, jointing, and testing some high voltage alternating current (HVAC) cable systems for underground grid connections from 90 kV up to 400 kV.

The framework agreement will cover the period 2021-2023, with two potential optional additional years. To support the upgrade of France’s power grids, Prysmian Group will leverage its plants, located in Gron and Montereau, that employ more than 1,400 people and produce high-voltage cables and P-Laser technology.

Laurent Tardif, CEO of Prysmian Group South Europe Region, said in the Feb. 18 statement, in part, “Based on our long-term partnership, over the last years Prysmian has already provided RTE with innovative, efficient and sustainable power transmission cable solutions, both submarine and terrestrial.”

Prysmian Group’s projects include: Fécamp, Courseulles-sur-Mer, St. Nazaire and Noirmoutier offshore wind farms; the IFA2 submarine interconnection linking the UK and France; the Piedmont-Savoy HVDC underground interconnection between Italy and France; and the INELFE underground interconnection (Baixas – Santa LLooggia), the first extruded 320-kV DC XLPE underground interconnection linking Spain and France.