B5.2 th International Conference on Insulated （B5.2国际会议上绝缘）.pdf

B5.2 9th International Conference on Insulated Power Cables B5.2 Development of submarine MV-AC power cable with aluminum conductor Sven MUELLER-SCHUETZE, Heiner OTTERSBERG, Carsten SUHR, Ingo KRUSCHE, Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH/General Cable, Nordenham, Germany, sven.mueller-schuetze@, heiner.ottersberg@, carsten.suhr@, ingo.krusche@ Daniel ISUS FEU, General Cable, Manlleu, Spain, disus@generalcables.es ABSTRACT cables due to its very good conductivity. However, the high demand of copper material results in a very high A single armored MV-AC submarine power cable with an market value. This was set to above 6000 $/ton at the aluminum conductor was developed for offshore beginning of April 2015. renewable energy, interconnections between offshore platforms, islands and shore. For the cable design Aluminum has lower conductivity compared to copper process an intended installation in water depths up to 300 resulting in the need to select larger conductor cross m and the application of additional cable protection sections. Despite the larger conductor cross section, cost methods such as rock dumping for on-bottom stabilization reduction is achieved due to the lower material price of were considered. aluminum compared to copper. At the beginning of April 2015 the market value f