The Paris headquartered global cable and optical fibre company Nexans is introducing the French market's first low-carbon distribution grid cables. The Group has reduced the greenhouse gas emissions of its low- and medium-voltage cables by 35 per cent to 50 per cent, depending on the product, by using a holistic approach throughout the value chain and the cable life cycle.
Nexans has played a crucial role in the electrification of the planet and has been committed to electrifying the future.
This deal is based on an assurance to manufacturing the cables using low-carbon aluminium, recycled plastic, as well as renewable or decarbonized energy sources. All participants in the chain will have access to the CO2 data of these cables, allowing them to keep track of and reduce their carbon emissions.
Yvan Duperray, the EVP of Power Distribution Cables & Accessories at Nexans, said, “This unprecedented offer represents a new stage, fully illustrating the Group’s commitment to decarbonised electrification. We are proud to introduce it in France: this illustrates the commitment of our teams to sustainable development, from our global Ampacity R&D centre in Lyon to our factories, via the marketing and purchasing teams."
According to the French Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, "Manufacturing one kilometre of energy network cable at present generates a volume of CO2, representing two to three times the average annual emissions per inhabitant in France. These emissions come mainly from the aluminium conductor, which accounts for between 70 and 90 per cent of the total footprint, followed by plastics, transport and manufacturing processes."
Nexans acts on its production by using guaranteed 100 per cent low-carbon aluminium to reduce the carbon footprint of its products by more than one-third, in line with the objectives of the Aluminium Forward 2030 coalition, of which the Group is a member, and it aims to accelerate the sector's decarbonisation.
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