PROJECT FOCUS
£99 million order for power transmission at Hinkley Point C
ABB will provide key 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 worth around US$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% of the country’s electricity from 2025.
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BB has bagged a £99 million order from EDF Energy to build the power transmission infrastructure for the 3.2GW Hinkley Point C power plant
in the UK. The power plant, which will be built in Somerset with an investment of over $23bn, is expected to contribute 7% of the electricity generated in the UK, after its commissioning in 2025. Hinkley Point C is expected to provide electricity to nearly 6 million homes for 60 years. Hinkley Point C managing director Stuart Crooks told UKPN: “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 compa-
nies 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 per the contract terms, ABB’s Power
Grids team in the UK will handle design, supply and installation of the key power
transmission infrastructure. This would includesubstations for two separate units which will feed power generated from the nuclear plant to the National Grid. ABB will provide six 700MVA generator transformers, six auxiliary transformers, 400KV gas insulated switchgear, control and MicroScada systems along with the transmission feeds to transfer power from Hinkley Point C. ABB power grids president Claudio Facchin
told UKPN: “This is a great opportunity to showcase ABB’s global expertise in executing large, complex and time-demanding projects. “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.” The Hinkley Point C, which is owned jointly
by EDF Energy (66.5%) and China General Nuclear Power (33.5%), will create about 25,000 jobs over the construction period at eight different sites. It will be equipped with power islands developed by GE under a
“The Hinkley
Point C plant has a
projected
l ifetime of 60 years. It also has an
estimated construction cost of between
£19.6 bill ion and £20.3
bill ion. ABB’s contract for transformers & switchgear is worth around £99m.”
$1.9bn contract. The power islands are made up of the Arabelle steam turbine, generator, along with other critical equipment. The plant, which has a projected lifetime of
sixty years, has an estimated construction cost of between £19.6 billion and £20.3 billion. The National Audit Office estimates the additional cost to consumers under the "strike price" will be £50 billion. EDF plans to use two of Areva's EPR design, with a design net power output each of 1,600 MWe (1,630 MWe gross). The four commercial EPR units currently being built are: one at Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland, one at Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant in France, and further two, Taishan 1 & 2, in China. In December 2007, the Union of Concerned Scientists referred to the EPR as the only new reactor design under considera- tion that "
...appears to have the potential to be significantly safer and more secure against attack than today's reactors".
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