- Published: 03 February 2022 03 February 2022
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Prysmian Group have announced that they have finalised financing of €135 million intended to support the Group’s 2021-2024 R&D plans in Europe.
Specifically, the areas that will benefit from EIB financing are:
- Industrial research: research on materials also involving the use of nanotechnologies, systems for the monitoring and management of land and submarine power grids and of low voltage power systems, new cables and materials for more sustainable solutions and hybrid energy and telecom cables.
- Innovation and experimentation: the use of alternative materials for cable design and product project optimisation, use of new technologies to execute cable jointing operations.
- New products development: submarine power transmission cable systems for installation at high depths; P-Laser Extra High Voltage land and submarine power transmission cable systems; dynamic cables for the offshore renewable energies sector; cable solutions for the e-mobility industry; high-performance optical fibres, cables for FTTH and FTTA applications, and connectivity; development of smart cable systems and sensing solutions for fault location, monitoring and management of power grids.
- Digital transformation and sustainability: development of machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions for enhanced quality in cable manufacturing process, and implementation of digital solutions for the management of operations from remote also through the use of IoT Industry 4.0 technologies and deployment of data management software for a better on-going project portfolio management; development of data models for the continuous evaluation of sustainability impact of a Green IT Strategy and for the assessment of the sustainability of the product portfolio.
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