Contract: Normandie 3, Grouville Bay to South Hill

Client: Prysmian UK

Value: £2.5m

Duration: 16 Months

Early in 2013 Jayen Limited were appointed as Prysmian UK’s civil works subcontractor for the installation of ducts and 7km of 90,000-Volt land cable from Grouville bay to South Hill.

The works form part of contracts signed between Jersey Electricity plc. and Prysmian Group worth £40million for the manufacture and installation of Jersey’s third submarine cable to France, the 100MW Normandie 3, and adjoining land cable link in Jersey.

The contract, is the next major step in a £70million, ten-year project to secure access to affordable, reliable, low carbon electricity from France for decades to come.