ABB, the power and automation technology provider, has won a $24 million order to enhance reliability and minimize grid losses at the Nyhamna gas processing facility.
The contract was awarded by Kvaerner, and EPC contractor for the gas processing facility.
The project is as part of a major expansion at Nyhamna.
ABB will supply a Static Var Compensator (SVC) to Nyhamna. The two divisions are combining their in-depth knowledge of the site, the design of SVCs and system integration to ensure a successful execution.
The SVC will compensate for fluctuations in the voltage and current of the grid that delivers power to the plant, allowing more electricity to flow through the network while improving power quality and maintaining network safety and stability.
These are critical to the successful functioning of the plant once the additional capacity is in place. It will also facilitate a number of essential operations, such as switching from a dual to a single in-feed, while handling increased load, the company said.
SVCs, a part of ABB’s family of FACTS, or flexible alternating current transmission systems, are designed to enhance the capacity and flexibility of power transmission and contribute to the evolution of smarter grids.
Nyhamna is operated by A/S Norske Shell and is located about 50km south of Kristiansund. It currently supplies about 20% of UK’s gas needs which requires capacity to compress 70 million cubic meters of gas a day. Work is under way to increase this to 84 million, allowing intake of third party gas from the Polarled pipeline.
Since 2007, ABB has had a Service Environment agreement to maintain the safety and automation systems at Nyhamna.
ABB’s has also previously delivered electric drive systems that ensure the gas compressors run at the optimum speed, significantly reducing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
Rajani Baburajan