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ABB has won an order worth around $30 million from Amprion GmbH, a German transmission grid operator, to supply phase-shifting transformers that will optimize power flow in the German electricity network and help in the integration of renewable resources.
As part of the order ABB is supplying two phase-shifting transformers with 2,494 MVA capacity each from its transformer factory in Bad Honnef, Germany.
These transformers will enable Amprion to integrate wind power more efficiently.
They also have the potential to offer savings of more than $110 over 3 years, according to the manufacturer.
Amprion provides electricity to more than 29 million people, from the Alps in South of Germany to Lower Saxony.
Source: ABB