Nexans has secured a two-year global supply contract with Vestas to provide around one million Windlink cable kits for turbines destined for onshore wind farms in Europe, the US, China and Brazil.
This latest agreement extends Nexans’s long-standing position as a leading global supplier for the turbine manufacturer.
The low voltage (LV) and medium voltage (MV) cable kits will be installed inside Vestas onshore wind turbines rated at 2, 3 and 4MW.
They will provide pre-connected, pre-tested and easy-to-fit connections for power, control and communication functions within the nacelle, tower and control panels.
The cables that Nexans is supplying to Vestas feature rubber, thermoplastic or silicone insulation according to their specific application.
A significant new development for this latest contract will be the use of completely lead-free materials in the construction of MV cables.
The Windlink cable kits also benefit from a supply chain support worldwide thanks to Nexans’s manufacturing footprint in Europe, US, China and Brazil, including a recent extension of capacity in Poland and China.
Nexans chief executive Christopher Guérin said: “We are delighted to further extend our relationship with Vestas.
“Our vision is to build a world that is safer, sustainable, renewable, decarbonized and accessible to everyone and the wind turbines manufactured by Vestas are a perfect fit for that vision.
“It is also especially pleasing that our solutions will be fitted within the next-generation EnVentus platform that enables turbines to provide more wind energy efficiently.”