ABB to build USD 24 million station for Verbund-led consortium in Tulcea, Romania

ABB has won the USD 24 million bid to build a new substation which will connect Verbund's wind farm in Tulcea to the national power grid. The order was received in the fourth quarter of 2010 from Transelectrica, the national transmission utility and a consortium of four European companies. The consortium financing the project is led by Verbund, of Austria, the parent company of Alpha Wind and CAS Regenerabile, two of the consortium partners. Other partners include Beta Wind of Romania and Land Power Inergia of Italy. Key equipment to be supplied with this order include power transformers, a range of switchgear, instrument transformers, control and protection devices and an IEC 61850 substation automation system to facilitate communication between the numerous devices within the substation and beyond. ABB is publicly listed company that operates in approximately 100 countries. It is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It runs five divisions: power products, power systems, discrete automation and motion, low voltage products and process automation. The company posted USD 31.7 billion in revenues in 2009. editor@romania-insider.com