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100 km submarine cable will provide Malta’s first power interconnection with mainland Europe, reducing its reliance on local generation and increasing security of supply 

China plans to invest more than 500 billion yuan in constructing a system of UHV AC and UHV DC grids in the coming five years, according to Liu Zhenya, general manager of the UHV Grid Extension Project. According to Liu, the total length of China’s UHV transmission lines will reach 40,000 kilometers.

Prysmian’s product portfolio at MEE 2011 will focus on the full range of state-of-the-art power cables including HV and 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 and wind power generation facilities. Prysmian will also be presenting a wide range of cables and systems for the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical industry – complex and integrated systems for power transmission and distribution, control and instrumentation for industrial applications - including innovative specialties such as Drylam™ and Airguard™ Cable System, cable solutions with enhanced features and reduced environmental impact, specifically designed for critical environments. To complete the available portfolio FP® fire resistant cables, Umbilicals and power distribution cable solutions will also be on display.

China, the world’s largest energy consumer, intends to generate 11.4 per cent of its energy from non-fossil fuel sources by 2015, up from 8 per cent today, under the terms of the next five-year plan. That shift is equivalent to moving the whole of Italy off fossil fuels.

BT Group's Group Strategy Director, Sean Williams, continued the discussion on extending services by identifying how the existing copper networks should continue to be used for many years ahead. He said: "We are moving at the pace of our customers and there is a lot that can be done with copper. Our business case is predicated on getting 20 per cent of our copper customers onto fibre, but I think it's completely naive to expect to get everyone on fibre -- not for a generation."

Copper stockpiles held in duty-free warehouses in China, the top user, may be re-exported after surging to as much as 350,000 tons from almost none at the start of the year, according to Xi'an Maike Metal International Group. "We can hardly find buyers for refined copper," said Luo Shengzhang, general manager of the copper department at Xi'an Maike. The company ranks among the country's three biggest importers, according to the executive. "China's got to export some copper from now and next year," Luo said in an interview.