ABB wins $100 M contract in South America
ABB's Power Grids business has signed a five-year framework contract estimated to be worth around $100 M with South America's largest utilities company, ISA.
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South America: ABB’s Power Grids business has signed a five-year framework contract estimated to be worth around $100 M with South America’s largest utilities company, Interconexion Electrica S.A. E.S.P. (ISA).
ABB Power Grids partners with ISA in building a reliable and efficient power grid, improving the quality of life of millions of people in South America.
ISA currently operates over 62,000 km of power transmission infrastructure with over 7,000 km more under construction.
“ABB Power Grids is shaping the future of sustainable energy and our purpose is fully aligned with ISA’s goal of ensuring a sustainable power supply in South America and mitigating climate change,” said Claudio Facchin, President ABB Power Grids.
Highly reliable shunt reactors will be supplied ensuring that the voltage stays within safe limits, avoiding possible blackouts. Managing electrical transmission is a constant balancing act and electrical stability can be a challenge at high-voltages and over long distances, because, as distance increases, voltage becomes less stable.
To protect the electrical network and help prevent power outages, the contract also includes the supply of gas-insulated switchgear, air-insulated switchgear equipment such as circuit breakers, instrument transformers and hybrid modules.
ABB Power Grids has been contributing to the integration of sustainable electricity generation in South America for decades. Notable projects include the Itaipu HVDC transmission system in Brazil, first commissioned in 1984, transmitting up to 6.3 GW of hydropower.
Another is the supply of essential power equipment for integration of the Ituango hydro power station into the power grid, which promises to be the most important hydro power plant in Colombia when it comes online in 2021, generating up to 14 % of the country’s electricity.
Additionally, ABB Power Grids solutions are also being used in the integration of vast wind and solar power systems throughout Chile and in Brazil’s largest solar farm, supporting the rapidly growing renewable power sector.
Source: AltEnergyMag