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| ABB to build transmission and distribution substation in Brazil Swiss engineering group ABB will build a new transmission and distribution substation in the state of Amazonas, in northwestern Brazil for the state-owned power utility company Eletrobras Amazonas Energia. ABB will build the air-insulated switchgear (AIS) outdoor switchyard Mauá III in Manaus, the capital city of Brazil's largest state. Key ABB products to be supplied include power transformers, high-voltage switchgear rated at 230 kV (kilovolt), 138 kV and 69 kV, circuit breakers, disconnecting switches, instrument transformers, surge arrestors, as well as medium-voltage equipment and auxiliary systems. ABB will also install a substation automation system compliant with the global IEC 61850 communications standard, and equipped with the latest protection and control products. As part of the turnkey project, worth about $20 million, ABB is responsible for the design, engineering, supply, erection, commissioning and start-up of the substation, including civil works. The project is expected to be completed by 2012. Eletrobras Amazonas Energia is part of the Eletrobras Group, Latin America's biggest power utility company and the tenth largest in the world. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |