wiredInUSA April 2018

Transmission line partners

Carrying power in Bangladesh

SolarReserve has signed an agreement with OZ Minerals to develop a new high voltage electricity transmission line in South Australia. Intended to help the companies meet current operational requirements, the new 270km-long transmission line will support SolarReserve’s Aurora solar energy project as well as OZ Minerals’ Prominent Hill mine and Carrapateena project. The first 140km of the project will be a 275kV transmission line, and the remaining 130km will be a 132kV line. SolarReserve CEO Kevin Smith said: “We are excited to partner with OZ Minerals in this key initiative that brings together two private companies to develop a major piece of infrastructure for South Australia, resulting in a well-thought-out project that will meet today’s needs and enable tomorrow’s opportunities.” OZ Minerals and SolarReserve will share equally in the operational costs for the first 35km of the line. An artist’s impression of the Aurora plant to be built by SolarReserve in South Australia

SBSS has successfully completed the installation and commissioning of a 33kV submarine cable connection between Barobkundo and Swandip, on behalf of the Bangladesh Power Development Board. SBSS, with its project partner ZTT, installed twopower cables across a 15km routeat up to 6m burial depth, overcoming challenges of currents and weather, difficult landing conditions and lack of local resources. SBSS’s managing director, Darren Lam, said: “SBSS is honored to partner ZTT in the turn key development and delivery of [the] Bangladesh 33kV submarine power cable project. The SBSS team went on to install the power cable, overcoming many obstacles and challenges, and delivered it successfully.” Tom Qu, managing director of ZTT International Ltd, said: “It is the first long- distance submarine composite power cable project in Bangladesh,” and described it as a “challenging job” due to using two 15km continuous cables without any joints. The cable size is 3 x 500mm 2 with 24 fiber optic cores. “The first long distance submarine composite power cable project in Bangladesh”

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wiredInUSA - April 2018