Hitachi Energy to Help Sweden’s Transmission Grid Increase Power Capacity
Svenska kraftnät invests $300 million USD to increase power capacity to transmit clean energy.
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Hitachi Energy, along with consortium partner Kanonaden Entreprenad Mälardalen AB, will deploy Sweden’s largest-ever power quality solution for Svenska kraftnät to increase the capacity of existing transmission lines and increase the country’s renewable energy consumption from hydro and wind resources in North Sweden.
The consortium order is worth $300 million USD. for which Hitachi Energy will install up to ten series compensation systems, expected to be operational by 2030. This technology is cost-effective and eco-efficient, as it improves the power transfer capacity of existing power lines. With more power transmitted, an additional one million households will be served.
Hitachi Energy’s power quality solution will play an important role in helping Sweden achieve energy security and accelerate its transition to clean energy.
Our compensation systems will reliably transfer renewable power from northern generation sources to the southern urban areas, the country´s economic engine. This will mitigate one of the Swedish grid’s main challenges of transmission line losses by increasing system efficiency and ensuring a seamless delivery of renewable power to high-consumption centres.
This order follows the multi-million-dollar order received in August this year from Svenska kraftnät1 to provide critical energy infrastructure such as power transformers and shunt reactors to strengthen the Swedish grid.
Source: Hitachi Energy
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