Press release -
Empower to deliver construction project of largest power line in Fingrid's history
Press release 10 April 2014
On 1 April 2014, Empower and Fingrid signed a very significant agreement on the construction of a 400 kV power line. The total value of the power line contract without any options is about €20 million.
The power line project is related to Fingrid's ongoing extensive investment programme related to Ostrobothnia's power transmission network. In the project, the obsolete 220 kV network, mainly built in the 1970s and with an insufficient transmission capacity, will be fully replaced with a new network. By 2017, the following will all be completed in Ostrobothnia: a 400 kV ring network from Pori to Oulu, five new substations, and 350 km of 400 kV power lines.
Empower will implement the network's first segment between Hirvisuo (Kokkola) and Kalajoki. The total length of the cable is 79.5 km, of which 39.5 km is a 400/110kV joint structure. The project also includes major 220 kV grid arrangements.
"The project will establish the preconditions for connecting new wind power and nuclear power to the network and will create a very long-term network solution", says Fingrid's deputy managing director Kari Kuusela.
The project covers the construction of the new power line and the dismantling of the old one. The construction will commence immediately and the cable will be completed by 20 October 2016.
"This €20 million scheme is a very significant project for Empower's Finnish and Estonian units. The project will have a major job impact and will further strengthen the market position of Empower in Finland. Signing the contract demonstrates the fact that it is highly useful to utilise competences across the borders of countries", says Timo Kiiveri, president of Empower's Power Network Division.
For more information on the development of Fingrid's power transmission network in Ostrobothnia, please visit
http://www.fingrid.fi/en/news/announcements/Pages/Electricity-produced-on-the-western-coast-will-soon-run-along-a-new-line.aspx
Contact person at Empower:
Timo Kiiveri, President of Power Network Division
timo.kiiveri[at]empower.fi, tel. +358 40 543 3039
Topics
- Data, Telecom, IT
Categories
- power line
- sustainable energy
Fingrid is Finland's grid company, responsible for power transmission in the grid. We constantly transmit electricity from producers to distribution network companies and industrial companies. We take care of foreign power transmission connections. We promote the functioning of the electricity market by maintaining suitable transmission connections between different countries. Fingrid ensures that Finland receives power without disruptions. www.fingrid.fi
Empower is a multinational service company which helps keep the wheels of society running and improves the competitiveness of customers. Empower Group builds, installs, maintains and repairs electricity and telecom networks, maintains power plants and factories and delivers ICT solutions. Empower provides services in more than a hundred locations in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Turnover in 2013 was €325 million, and the company has more than 2,900 employees. www.empower.fi
