Abstract: A power cable includes from inside to outside: a conductor; an insulation system having an inner semiconducting layer, an insulation layer, and an outer semiconducting layer; a metallic water blocking layer including a first axial section, a second axial section, and an intermediate axial section arranged between the first axial section and the second axial section and made of a lead-free metal material which is different from a first metal material of at least one of the first axial section and the second axial section. The intermediate axial section is joined thermally along its entire inner or outer perimeter with each of the first axial section and the second axial section to obtain watertight connections. The lead-free metal material has a lower yield strength than the first metal material.

Abstract: A power cable including: a first cable section, a second cable section, each of the first cable section and the second cable section including: a conductor section, and an insulation system arranged around the conductor section, the insulation system including an inner semiconducting layer, an insulation layer arranged around the inner semiconducting layer, and an outer semiconducting layer arranged around the insulation layer, and a metallic radial water barrier arranged around the outer semiconducting layer; and an intermediate cable section located between the first cable section and the second cable section, the intermediate cable section including: an intermediate conductor section, an intermediate cable section insulation system arranged around the intermediate conductor section, the intermediate cable section insulation system extending between and joining the insulation systems of the first cable section and the second cable section, an intermediate cable section bedding layer arranged around the inte

Abstract: A power cable including: a conductor, an insulation system having an inner semiconducting layer arranged around the conductor, an insulation layer arranged around the inner semiconducting layer, and an outer semiconducting layer arranged around the insulation layer, a metallic water blocking layer arranged around the insulation system, including a first axial section, a second axial section, and an intermediate axial section made of a lead-free metal material which is different from a first metal material of at least one of the first axial section and the second axial section, the intermediate axial section being arranged between the first axial section and the second axial section, wherein the intermediate axial section is joined thermally along its entire inner or outer perimeter with each of the first axial section and the second axial section to obtain a watertight connection between the intermediate axial section and each of the first axial section and the second axial section, wherein the lead-free meta