ABB’s pioneering digital substation solution
ABB announces substation to substation solution - part of the Al Dhafra switching station project in partnership with Abu Dhabi Transmission & Despatch Company.
Abu Dhabi
UAE, Abu Dhabi: ABB has announced that it will deliver a first-of-its-kind ‘substation to substation’ digital solution, as part of the 400 kV Al Dhafra switching station project in partnership with Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO) in the UAE.
ABB stated that its solution will allow TRANSCO to guarantee performance and correct operation of the application, compare the availability of service and at the same time, provide substation network separation.
Additionally, ABB will supply protection relays, merging units, fibre-optic communication equipment and gas-insulated switchgear with non-conventional instrument transformers for the project. It will also provide local support to the project and will help TRANSCO evaluate their strategy in further adopting and deploying digital substations.
As a key component of smart power grids, digital substations remove the last electrical connection between high voltage equipment and protection and control equipment.
Dr Mostafa AlGuezeri, managing director of ABB’s Power Grids business in the UAE, Gulf and Near East, said that with the advancement in digital substation technology, ABB and TRANSCO are pioneering a truly unique substation-to-substation solution that will better utilise the existing digital technology, whilst improving availability and reliability of the mission-critical application.
The project not only achieves digitalised end-to-end protection, but also introduces a unique application that is the first of its kind to be delivered in the region.
Source: ME Construction News