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| ABB wins orders in China for world’s longest power link Switzerland-based engineering company ABB has won orders worth $440 million from the State Grid Corporation of China and other partners to provide new ultrahigh-voltage technology for the world's longest power transmission link. The power superhighway running 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) from western China to the highly industrialized coastal area in the east, will have a capacity of 6,400 megawatts (MW). That is enough to meet the needs of about 31 million people in China, based on average consumption per capita1. The link from the Xiangjiaba hydropower plant to Shanghai is scheduled for completion in 2011. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |