 
ABB wins
orders totaling US$ 170 million for Brazil power link
Part of infrastructure improvement
program to increase efficiency of national power grid
Zurich, Switzerland, April 6, 1998 - ABB, the international
electrical engineering group, has been awarded contracts
to link the power grids of northern and southern Brazil.
The total value of the projects amounts to about US$
170 million. The contracts, which were awarded by
the state-owned utilities Furnas Centrais Elétricas
S.A. (FURNAS) and Centrais Elétricas do Norte
do Brasil S.A. (ELETRONORTE), are part of the "Brazil
in Action" infrastructure development program launched
by the federal government to support the country’s
future economic growth. The power link will bring
southern Brazil some 1,000 megawatts of electricity
from the northern part of the country. The total project
is expected to be completed by 1999.
The ABB orders include a 300-kilometer 500-kilovolt
alternating current (AC) transmission line representing
one third of the total power line connecting the Imperatriz
substation in the State of Maranhão and the
Serra da Mesa substation in the State of Goiás.
ABB will also deliver high-voltage equipment for five
substations as well as six reactive power compensation
units to ensure maximum efficiency of the transmission
lines.
ABB employs about 4,000 people in Brazil. The ABB
Group employs 213,000 people worldwide with orders
in 1997 of about US$ 35 billion. (End)
For more information
contact Ms.
Iwona Jarzebska
ABB Corporate Communications, Zurich Tel. +41 1 317
7834 Fax. +41 1 317 7958
Mr.
Carlos Roberto Hohl
ABB Brazil, Osasco Tel. +55 11 7084 9811 Fax. +55
11 7084 9408
Original
Press Release, at ABB.com
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