ABB wins $130 million power order in the UK
Thursday, Oct 19, 2020
ABB to provide infrastructure
to enable power transmission from Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new
nuclear power plant for a generation
ABB has won an
order of around $130 million (£99 million) to build the power
transmission infrastructure for EDF Energy’s new Hinkley Point C power
plant in Somerset. This will be the UK’s first new nuclear power plant
to be built for a generation and will provide 7 per cent of the
country’s electricity from 2025. The order was booked in the third
quarter of 2017.
“This is a great opportunity to showcase ABB’s
global expertise in executing large, complex and time-demanding
projects,” says Claudio Facchin, President of ABB’s Power Grids
division. “It reinforces ABB’s focus on leveraging its vast portfolio,
technology strengths and project management capabilities to deliver
differentiated customer value and enable a stronger, smarter and greener
grid.”
ABB’s Power Grids team in the UK will be responsible for
the design, supply and installation of the power transmission
infrastructure, including substations for two separate units that will
feed 3,200 megawatts of power produced by Hinkley Point C to the
national grid. The plant will be capable of supplying around 6 million
UK homes with electricity.
The project will create around 25,000
job opportunities and 1,000 apprenticeships during construction and is
already one of Europe’s largest construction sites. Some 2,000 people
are working at the Somerset site every day.
Stuart Crooks,
Hinkley Point C Managing Director, said: “We have signed over £9 billion
of contracts and this major contract marks another significant step
forward for the project. Hinkley Point C is bringing together companies
and expertise from the UK, France and the world. Construction is fully
underway and we remain firmly focused on what we need to deliver in the
year ahead and beyond.
As part of the contract, ABB will supply
six 700 Megavolt ampere generator transformers, six auxiliary
transformers, 400 kilovolt gas insulated switchgear, control and
MicroScada systems as well as the transmission feeds to transfer power
from the plant.
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