Secured power supply with Africa’s longest HVDC link
Hitachi Energy has announced signing an agreement with Société Nationale d’Electricité, the national electricity company of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Congo: Hitachi Energy has announced signing an agreement with Société Nationale d’Electricité (SNEL), the national electricity company of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Based on the agreement, Hitachi Energy is to secure power supply in the country’s most important power transmission asset: the Inga-Kolwezi HVDC link.
The link supplies up to 1,000 MW of emission-free electricity from the Inga Falls hydropower plant in the far west of the country to the Kolwezi mining region in the south. With a length of 1,700 km, it is the longest HVDC link in Africa. It also enables the Democratic Republic of Congo to export surplus power to the member countries of the Southern African Power Pool.
As part of the agreement, Hitachi Energy will assess the precise service needs of the converter stations and develop a preventive maintenance program and supervise its implementation over the next five years. The agreement includes training, knowledge sharing and expertise enhancement of SNEL service personnel.
“We are delighted to be continuing our long collaboration with SNEL to protect the nation’s investment in its most important power transmission link,” said Andreas Berthou, HVDC and HVDC Service Global Product Group Manager of Hitachi Energy. “This long-term service agreement demonstrates how we work closely with the customer to secure availability and reliability over the entire lifetime of the asset.”
Source: Hitachi Energy
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