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| ABB to boost power transmission capacity in South Africa Swiss engineering firm ABB has won an order worth $53 million from the South African power utility, Eskom, to strengthen the transmission network in the Western Cape region. ABB will design, manufacture, install and commission six 765-kilovolt capacitor banks at Alpha, Beta, Mercury and Perseus substations. The installations, which form part of an initiative to increase power capacity in Cape Town and surrounding areas, will allow Eskom more flexibility and reduce their reliance on the existing Koeberg power station. The compensators used in the project are part of a family of technologies known as Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS). The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2008 and is expected to be completed by 2010. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |