Europe | September 4, 2015

TERNA and RTE award $300M contract for HVDC VSC converter stations

France: Alstom has been awarded a contract worth over €300 million by TERNA Rete Italia, a company fully owned by TERNA, the Italian electricity transmission system operator, and Réseau de Transport d'Électricité (RTE), its French counterpart, to build two High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter stations for the transmission link between France and Italy.

 

France: Alstom has been awarded a contract worth over €300 million by TERNA Rete Italia, a company fully owned by TERNA, the Italian electricity transmission system operator, and Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE), its French counterpart, to build two High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter stations for the transmission link between France and Italy.

Under the contract, Alstom will design, manufacture and commission two converter stations (2×600 MW, +/- 320 kV) with power transformers and all associated electrical equipment.

Key equipment will be manufactured in Alstom’s facilities in the UK, Germany, France and Italy.

The contract also includes maintenance for the converter station in France.

Source: Alstom
Image: Alstom