Taiwan - Substation strengthens network
Taipower, the Taiwan Power Company, has placed a US$20 million order with ABB for a 245kV indoor substation with gas-insulated switchgear. The LiLi substation will strengthen the power supply in the southern part of Taiwan, the heartland of its heavy industrial region.
Australia - a switch for switchgear
Australia’s power utilities are revamping their power distribution networks. In the process they are placing an estimated three out of four orders for secondary distribution switchgear with ABB. The products covered by recent contracts include 11kV ring main units, 11/22kV distribution feeders, 11/22kV air break switches, and 11/22/33kV outdoor circuit breakers. Among the utilities ordering ABB equipment are Actew, County Energy, Elsa, Energex, Ergon Energy, Integral Energy, Powercor, and T Squared.
Sweden - Connecting the country’s largest wind farm
A US$16 million contract to supply power cables to the Liligrund offshore wind farm has been awarded to ABB. The company will deliver more than 33 kilometres of single-core AC cable and armoured three-core AC cable with integrated optical fibre. The project covers underground and submarine XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) insulated cables, cable laying and cable installation to interconnect 48 2.3MW wind turbines and transmit the power back to the mainland.
China - US$33 million power equipment contract
ABB has won a US$33m contract to supply 110kV gas-insulated switchgear, 38kV and 10kV gas-insulated and airinsulated switchgear together with 220kV power transformers to help Tianjin Power Co satisfy the increasing demand of Chinese third largest city. The coastal district of Tianjin consists of a city of 10 million people with the largest seaport and commercial centre in northern China.
Ireland - Supporting a single electricity market
ABB has won a major contract to provide the computer systems and software infrastructure for the new Single Electricity Market covering the whole island of Ireland. The new system will be used to trade electrical power consumed by all homes and businesses, amounting to more 25,000GW per year. It will provide a uniform power market across the Republic and Northern Ireland and is expected to improve competition and create a better environment for the deployment of power generation across the country when it comes into operation in July 2007.