Hellenic Cables signed a contract with RTE for Bretagne Sud project

Athens, 20 December 2024

Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, in a consortium with Jan De Nul Luxemburg SA, signed a framework agreement with the French TSO, Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE). The awarded “Bretagne Sud” project involves the design, manufacturing and installation of high-voltage submarine as well as the design, manufacturing and supply of onshore power cable systems to support France’s renewable energy goals. Located off the coast of southern Brittany, the project will deliver cable systems that will support connection of future offshore wind farms to the mainland grid.

Hellenic Cables will supply 390km of 225kV export cables, split into 150km of offshore cables and 240km of onshore cables. The project will establish three key cable links which will subsequently allow the connection of one 250MW floating offshore wind farm and a second one later, bringing the total power to 750 MW. These cables will play a crucial role in delivering clean energy to France’s power network.

Hellenic Cables will be responsible for the design, manufacturing, termination, testing and commissioning of the 225kV cables, while Jan De Nul will be responsible for the transportation, laying and protection of the cable links. The submarine cables will be produced at the Hellenic Cable’s expanded facility in Corinth, Greece, with delivery expected between 2028 and 2030, while the land cables will be manufactured at Hellenic Cable’s land cable facility in Thiva, Greece.

With over 70 years of success, Hellenic Cables is a leading provider of cables and turnkey solutions worldwide, servicing the markets of energy transmission and distribution, renewables and offshore wind, telecom and data networks, construction, and industry. Through its fully owned subsidiary Fulgor, Hellenic Cables operates its submarine cables plant in Corinth, Greece, where the production and testing of some of the longest submarine cable lengths without factory joints leveraging top-notch facilities and equipment. Since 2012, Hellenic Cables has executed an EUR 600 million investment plan to upgrade its production sites, transforming them into state-of-the-art facilities. Hellenic Cables represents the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings SA. For further information, please visit Hellenic Cables website at www.hellenic-cables.com.

Cenergy Holdings is a Belgian holding company listed on both Euronext Brussels and Athens Stock Exchange, investing in leading industrial companies, focusing on the growing global demand of energy transfer, renewables and data transmission. The Cenergy Holdings portfolio consists of Corinth Pipeworks and Hellenic Cables, companies positioned at the forefront of their respective high growth sectors. Hellenic Cables is one of the largest cable producers in Europe, manufacturing power and telecom cables as well as submarine cables. Corinth Pipeworks is a world leader in steel pipe manufacturing for the energy sector and major producer of steel hollow sections for the construction sector. For more information, please visit our website at www.cenergyholdings.com.