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20 March 2007 - Belgian cable manufacturer Nexans has received an order worth around €35m ($47m) from Shanghai Power Equipment & Materials to manufacture and install a 17 km, 500 kV, underground power cable circuit to link Shibo and Sanlin 500kV substations in Shanghai, China.

Nexans said that the circuit, to be installed on behalf of Shanghai Municipal Electric Power, would establish two world records as both the first intra-city 500 kV cable and the first 500 kV cross-linked polyethylene insulated (XLPE) cable with a cross-sectional area of 2500 square millimetres.

This contract forms part of a global infrastructure project to meet Shanghai's constantly growing demand for power, with the city's consumption estimated to reach 125 bn kWh by 2010. The project includes the construction of a 17 km underground tunnel to carry two 500 kV circuits.

The cable will be manufactured in Nexans' Charleroi factory in Belgium. The cables should be installed between the end of 2007 and 2009. The project should be completed over a 30-month period.

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