ABB will enable first digital substation in Latin America
Zurich, Switzerland, February 7, 2018 – ABB Ability™ based digital solutions reduce installation and commissioning times, enhance safety and improve efficiency and reliability ABB will install Latin America’s first digitally-enabled substation in the city of Juazeiro, northeastern Brazil. The new 230-kilovolt (kV) substation and connection bay at the Juazeiro II substation will deliver power from a 156-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power plant under development in the area.The Juazeiro solar project is owned and operated by UK-based investment firm Actis and its renewable