Abengoa to construct two substations for wind farm in Chile
Abengoa is selected to carry out the engineering and construction of the infrastructure that will evacuate the energy from the Mesamávida and Los Olmos wind farms.
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Chile: Abengoa has been selected by the company AES Gener, AES Corporation Group, to carry out the engineering and construction of the infrastructure that will evacuate the energy from the Mesamávida and Los Olmos wind farms.
The company will be in charge of constructing two substations for the wind farms located in the south of the country, which are under construction by AES Gener.
The first substation Abengoa will be responsible for building is the 33 / 220 kV Los Olmos substation. It will be a booster / switching substation which, in order to pour the electrical energy from the Los Olmos wind farm into the grid, will section a circuit of the existing transmission line Mulchén – Tolpán of 220 kV.
The second substation will be the 33 / 154 kV Mesamávida booster substation, which will connect 154 kV with the Santa Luisa substation. For this, the company must also build a 2 km line.
Both projects are part of AES Gener’s plan to increase the number of renewable energy facilities to contribute to the sustainable growth of the region.
With this award, Abengoa consolidates its leadership position in the energy transmission sector in Chile, where the company has been present for more than 30 years and in which it has built more than 3,000 km of lines and more than 40 electric substations.
Source: Abengoa
