Installation began in May 2020 on the first major project in Europe featuring ACCC AZR Conductor, CTC Global’s new conductor variant featuring the use of AT3 alloy for exceptional wind/ice performance.
TenneT Netherlands had a need to upgrade their 110kV network in the Groningen area. CTC looked at a number of variants to cater for the high wind loads in this area. A strong desire of TenneT was to “standardize” on a common conductor profile for existing and planned projects on both 110kV and 380kV networks, which led to the selection of ACCC AZR Warsaw size conductor. The finished conductor for this project was stranded by Midal at their Bahrain facility.
Additionally, CTC Global is providing field service support for the two sub-projects using around 220 km of ACCC Conductor, which include spanning a busy industrial area and a water crossing. Installation of the double circuit line is expected to continue throughout 2020, with one small section due in 2021.
CTC Global, in October 2018, introduced the new ultra-high strength ACCC® AZR™ conductor. This product was developed for utilities that require cost-effective solutions for extremely long spans or extremely heavy ice loads, or both.
The new AZR version leverages one or more layers of AT3 Aluminum Zirconium alloy strands to further increase the ACCC conductor’s strength and stiffness which make it ideally suited for long spans, high tensions, and extreme ice load events.
The new product addition was developed in collaboration with a number of CTC Global’s manufacturing partners and customers and has successfully passed a series of very arduous third-party conductor and hardware tests.
It may be mentioned that CTC Global has completed well over 750 ACCC® Conductor projects in more than 50 countries, including India, with the help of several authorized conductor and hardware manufacturing partners along with many great installation crews and contractors.
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