Switzerland's ABB wins USD 40 m order to strengthen Lanka's power infrastructure

Leading power and automation technology group, ABB, has won an order worth about USD 40 million from Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to supply two new 220-kilovolt (kV) sub-stations and upgrade an existing sub-station in Sri Lanka, the company said in a release here.

The Zurich-based company said the order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2014.

The new sub-stations will be constructed at Polpitiya in the Central Province and Padukka near the capital, Colombo, in the Western Province, while the existing substation at Pannipitiya, a suburb of Colombo, will be augmented. The project is scheduled for completion in 2017, reports the Colombo Page web site.

The new infrastructure is being deployed as part of the country's Clean Energy and Network Efficiency Improvement Project, which aims to strengthen the national grid by increasing capacity and enabling greater integration of renewables as well as reducing losses and enhancing power reliability.