Hitachi ABB Power Grids fast-tracks grid connection to serve Dublin
Ireland, Dublin: One gigawatt substation will support the city’s growing number of data centres.
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Ireland, Dublin: One gigawatt substation will support the city’s growing number of data centres.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has delivered a fully integrated, high-voltage substation close to Dublin’s digital business hub at Castlebagot, fast-tracking the standard two-and-a-half-year execution time to just 18 months, to keep the city’s growing number of large, increasingly important data centres running smoothly 24/7.
The project was commissioned by Ireland’s state-owned Electricity Supply Board (ESB) to meet Dublin’s recent, unprecedented upsurge in demand for electricity, due to the proliferation of new data centres. The project is the largest privately contracted substation development in Ireland to date. To ensure reliable supply to this booming industry, Hitachi ABB Power Grids has delivered a 220 kV/110 kV substation with gas-insulated switchgear, including the protection and control SCADA system enabling an advanced power system management and monitoring of equipment status while in service. The gas insulated switchgear is a compact technology designed to minimise the substation’s footprint, enabling space saving of up to 70 % compared to air-insulated switchgear.
“We specialise in the prompt delivery of reliable, high-voltage grid connections that respond to the ever-growing use of advanced solutions continuing to support people through the challenging times of the current global pandemic. Efficient connections to electrical infrastructure are more critical than ever,” says Niklas Persson, Managing Director of Grid Integration business unit at Hitachi ABB Power Grids. “We are proud to enable the transition to the new norm of connecting people, when disruption to working patterns has increased the demand for remote and digital services, by meeting the need for a stable power supply.”
Substations are the building blocks for any power grid and facilitate the effective integration of power from conventional and renewable generation sources, to efficiently transmit and distribute it to consumption centres.
For this project, early collaboration with ESB ensured a design that fulfilled the utility’s availability and reliability requirements. It enabled fast project execution, leveraging our vast knowledge of utility grid codes and connection practices in different countries.
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