ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $14 million from Galvão Energia SA to supply a new transformer substation and lay power cables to facilitate the transmission of electricity from a wind farm currently under construction in the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte.
ABB will deliver a turnkey 34.5/138 kV (kilovolt) substation and lay 60 kilometers of 34.5 kV cables to connect four new wind power plants with a total capacity of 94 MW (megawatt) to the national grid. Some of the key products to be supplied include the high- and medium-voltage gas-insulated switchgear, step-up transformers, instrument transformers and surge arresters. ABB will also provide the control and protection system compliant with the global IEC 61850 open communications standard, as well as telecommunication and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.
As part of the turnkey project, ABB is responsible for the design, engineering, supply, erection, commissioning and start-up of the substation including civil works. The project is scheduled to be handed over in September 2012.
ABB will deliver a turnkey 34.5/138 kV (kilovolt) substation and lay 60 kilometers of 34.5 kV cables to connect four new wind power plants with a total capacity of 94 MW (megawatt) to the national grid. Some of the key products to be supplied include the high- and medium-voltage gas-insulated switchgear, step-up transformers, instrument transformers and surge arresters. ABB will also provide the control and protection system compliant with the global IEC 61850 open communications standard, as well as telecommunication and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems.
As part of the turnkey project, ABB is responsible for the design, engineering, supply, erection, commissioning and start-up of the substation including civil works. The project is scheduled to be handed over in September 2012.