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| ABB wins its largest FACTS order to support Saudi rail network Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $115 million from Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), the country's national power transmission and distribution operator, to provide a FACTS (flexible alternating current transmission system) solution enhancing the reliability of the transmission grid that feeds major railway interconnections. This is the biggest FACTS order received by the company. Increasing concern for the environment, rapid urbanization, and the need to move more people and freight faster, makes rail infrastructure a key component to a country's economic success. ABB provides a wide range of reliable, innovative and energy-efficient power and automation technologies for modern urban, conventional and high-speed rail networks. Along with smartphones and digital photography, the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) publication, Spectrum named FACTS among its Top 11 technologies of the decade. IEEE is one of the world's largest professional associations for the advancement of technology. As part of the turnkey solution, ABB will design, supply, install and commission two identical static var compensators (SVCs) at the Haramain High Speed Railway's (HHR) 380 kilovolt (kV) substations. These installations will support the large scale railway interconnection between the cities of Mecca and Medina. The project is scheduled to be completed by 2015. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Construction News :: home page |