ABB wins $76 million substation order in U.K.

ABB在英国赢得价值7,600万美元的变电站订单

Innovative switchgear technology to strengthen power supply in key city

创新的接电技术将为主要城市加强供电能力

Zurich, Switzerland, March 13, 2006 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, said today it has won a $76 million turnkey substation contract with the U.K. utility, National Grid, to strengthen the power supply southeast of Manchester, one of the country’s largest and most important cities.

瑞士苏黎世3月13日讯，全球领先的电力和自动化技术集团ABB公司今天宣布获得了独家承包英国国家电力网一个变电站的价值7600万美元合同，加强英国最大和最重要城市之一的曼彻斯特东南部的供电能力。

ABB will replace an existing outdoor 275 kilovolt (kV) substation now nearing the end of its service-life with an indoor substation based on compact, state-of-the-art, gas insulated switchgear (GIS). GIS technology will reduce the size of the installation, currently as big as four soccer fields, by 90 percent.

ABB将用基于体积较小的顶级的气体绝缘接电开关装置（GIS）的室内变电站替换现有的服务年限将到的室外275千伏特的变电站。GIS技术将大大减少安装体积，仅是现在占地有四个足球场大变电站的十分之一。

“Our state-of-the art GIS technology will help ensure reliable power delivery to one of the U.K.’s most important commercial centers,” said Samir Brikho, head of ABB’s Power Systems division. “It is the latest in a series of orders from National Grid, underlining their confidence in our innovative technology and our ability to execute large projects.”

ABB电力系统部门主管Samir Brikho指出：“我们顶级的GIS技术将保障向英国最重要的的商业中心之一的可靠电力输送。这是来自英国国家电网一系列订单中最新的一个。，这表明了他们对我们创新技术和执行大型项目实力的信心。”

As well as replacing the 45-year-old 275 kV air insulated switchgear (AIS) substation, the project includes reconfiguring overhead lines coming into the substation, as well as system reinforcements. An adjacent 400 kV AIS substation will also be extended.

除了替换已服役了45年的275千伏特的空气绝缘装置（AIS）变电站外，该项目还包括连向该变电站的高架线，以及系统加固。临近一个400千伏特的AIS变电站也将扩大。

The new GIS substation is scheduled to be operational by November 2008; all remaining work is to be completed by February 2009.

新的GIS变电站预计在2008年11月开始运营，余下全部的工作将在2009年2月完工。