Latest Industry Projects

Introduction: ABB has won an order worth around $30 million from Svenska Kraftnät in Sweden and Energinet in Denmark. The order was booked in the second quarter of 2017. Features: ABB will upgrade the control and protection system for the Konti-Skan high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission link with its latest…

Introduction: Valmet will supply a biomass power plant to DONG Energy's Asnaes Power Station located in Kalundborg, Denmark. By converting its electricity and heat production from coal to sustainable biomass at the Asnaes Power Station, DONG will take an important step in reducing its CO2 emissions. Features: Valmet's delivery consists…

Introduction: State-owned utility Qatar General Water & Electricity Corporation (KAHRAMAA) has awarded Siemens the largest contract to-date in Qatar for the expansion of the country's power transmission network. Features: Siemens will deliver 35 turnkey super and primary substations for Phase 13 of the Qatar Power Transmission System Expansion project. This…

Introduction: ABB has won an order worth €270 million from the UK grid operator National Grid and Réseau de Transport d'Electricité (RTE) to provide key HVDC technology that will help interconnect the electricity networks of France and the UK. Features: ABB will participate in the interconnection project, which further integrates…

Introduction: Yokogawa United Kingdom Ltd., has received an order from the British Pipeline Agency Limited (BPA), the UK's leading provider of engineering and operational services to the oil and gas pipeline sector, to supply a management and control system for a major multi-product fuel pipeline system. Features: This project will…

Introduction: Siemens has received an order to supply a link between the French and British power grids from ElecLink Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe Eurotunnel SE. The link is scheduled to take up commercial operation early 2020. Features: The "ElecLink" high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) link will enhance power supply…

Introduction: ABB has won an order worth around $75 million to supply advanced converter transformers for the Belo Monte 800 kilovolts (kV) ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission link. Features: The 2,518 kilometer (km) link will transmit clean power generated in the north of Brazil, from the Xingu substation, to the…

Introduction: Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, Yokogawa Electric Korea, has received an order to deliver control systems for a new plant that S-Oil Corporation, a Korean oil & gas subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, plans to build at its Onsan refinery complex in the city of Ulsan. Features: The…

Introduction: ABB has won orders worth over $85 million from leading Canadian utility Hydro-Québec (HQ) to upgrade its 800-kilovolt (kV) air-insulated switchgear (AIS) substations and transmission grid with state-of-the-art circuit breakers, power transformers and shunt reactors. Features: The upgrade is driven by the increasing demand for power and the need…

Introduction: Valmet will supply a biofuel-fired power plant and related flue gas cleaning and condensing systems to Borås Energi och Miljö's new energy and environmental center in Sobacken, Borås, Sweden. Features: Valmet's delivery scope includes a 120 MW biofuel-fired HYBEX boiler utilizing fluidized bed (BFB) technology. The combination of controlled…