Final touches on new Amsterdam substation
Construction on a new National Grid substation is completed, though work around the station will continue through the next couple of months.
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The Netherlands, Amsterdam: Construction on a new National Grid substation was completed in February, though work around the station will continue through the next couple of months as cables are laid to connect the facility to the rest of the system.
The new 115-13.2 kV substation, located just north of the city of Amsterdam, is up and running providing power to about 4,000 customers, National Grid spokesman Patrick Stella said in a phone interview on 8 April, but the remaining cable connections will complete the project.
“It is probably going to be continuing for a couple more months,” Stella said. “It should be completed sometime during the summer.”
The new substation will help increase the reliability of National Grid’s system in the area, Stella said.
According to National Grid’s 2019 Local Transmission Plan, the new substation was built to accommodate load growth in the area.
“We’ve seen more electrical need in that area,” Stella said, “so we added that substation to alleviate some of the load on our system.”
With a couple more months of work still to do to connect the remaining cables, it is likely the project will continue to impact traffic patterns north of the city until it is completed.
“We’re working with the town and trying to minimize [disruptions to traffic flow] as much as possible,” he said. “But, the work is needed. It will increase the reliability and the service to the area, which will be a good thing when it is all complete.”
Source: Recorder News