Substation solution for the UK

ABB has received an order from CE Electric for a substation that will improve the security and reliability of power supplies in the county of Yorkshire.

The new substation will use technology that allows it to be placed indoors, and the building will be on stilts to protect the installation from any possibility of flooding. It will occupy just one sixth of the area of the existing outdoor substation, which is nearing the end of its service life.

"The new substation will help reinforce grid reliability, enhance energy efficiency and improve the security of power supply in the area," said Claudio Facchin, global head of ABB's substation business, a part of the company's Power Systems division. "This compact solution is ideally suited to address space constraints and reduce environmental impact."

ABB will design, supply, construct and install the new substation at Creyke Beck comprising 22 bays of GIS (gas insulated switchgear). ABB is currently executing a substation project at Wakefield in West Yorkshire, based on a similar order awarded by CE Electric UK earlier this year.

CE Electric UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, is a power distribution utility in England, covering an area of 25,000 sq km and serving around 3.7 million premises.