Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will showcase its latest technologies at Middle East Electricity (MEE) 2016, the electrical industry’s largest show in the Middle East, in Dubai, UAE.

The event will take place from March 1 to 3, in Dubai World Trade Centre.

The group’s product portfolio at MEE 2016 will focus on the full range of state-of-the-art power cables including high voltage (HV) and extra high voltage (EHV) underground and submarine cable systems for applications such as interconnections between power grids, links between natural or artificial islands and the mainland, and connections to, or between, offshore oil production facilities.

Prysmian will also present a wide range of cables and systems for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, as well as innovative specialties such as the PRY-CAM Partial Discharge (PD) testing system and Tecsun cables for use in solar applications.

Pry-Cam is an integrated portable instrument for automatic acquisition, processing and classification of pulse signals generated by partial discharge (PD) phenomena occurring in insulating materials of medium and high voltage electrical systems and components such as transformers.

Tecsun cables are intended for use in photovoltaic power supply systems as free-movable, free-hanging and for a temperature range from -40 °C up to +120 °C – perfectly suited to the extreme conditions experienced in the Middle East.

Antonio Chiantore, general manager for the group’s Middle East branch based in Dubai, said: “The event is an excellent opportunity to showcase the group’s expertise and applications for use in the GCC region.”

“The Gulf region represents a key area for our expansion strategy, where the group continues to undertake major cable projects that contribute to the further development and improvement of power networks in the entire region,” he added.

These include the first-ever submarine power transmission link serving Doha and the GCCIA Saudi-Bahrain submarine interconnection and the 400 kV power transmission system for Transco connecting the Bahia and Saadiyat Grid Stations in Abu Dhabi, which represents the largest 400 kV underground cable system in the region (triple circuit route of 25 km for a total of 230 km of extruded insulation cable) and the largest EHV XLPE cable system in the world (in terms of contract value) ever awarded to a single supplier.

Over the last year the group has been awarded more new contracts in Kuwait (MEW Jaber Al Ahmad City S3), in Oman (OETC Saada Grid Station) and – more recently - in Bahrain (EWA 400 kV Transmission Development Project).

On March 2, Prysmian Group experts will hold two technical seminars about Prysmian solutions for grid optimisation services and solar applications.

A third seminar will focus on Prysmian proprietary methodology supporting the effective and proper choice of cable solutions that can make a difference (“All cables are not the same”). The seminars will take place in room ‘Fujairah A’ and will be accessible only upon invitation, it added. – TradeArabia News Service