ABB wins $540-miIIion order in Brazil for world's longest power transmission link

摘要

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth over $540 million trom the Abengoa Group to deliver the key technology for the world's longest power transmission link to be constructed in Brazil. The power highway will link two new hydropower plants in the northwest of the country with Sao Paulo, Brazil's main economic center, over a distance of 2,500 kilometers. Power will be transmitted at very high voltage (600 kilovolts) to minimize transmission losses. This will be the second transmission project in Brazil using HVDC (high-voltage direct current) at 600 kV.