ABB wins $60 million order to reinforce UK power network
Zurich, Switzerland, October 26, 2017 - New indoor high voltage substation at Shurton will feed electricity from Hinkley Point C power station into the national gridABB has been awarded a $60 million contract by the leading UK utility, National Grid, to build a new high voltage substation in Shurton, to integrate electricity produced by the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, southwest England, and feed it into the power network.The order was booked in the third quarter of 2017. Hinkley Point C will produce 3.2 gigawatt of power – enough low-carbon electricity for