Engineering for Ethiopia – Kenya Interconnector The assignment, financed by Salini Costruttori S.p.A., consisted of a feasibility study and basic design for the construction of a high voltage transmission line to provide power supply from the Omo Cascade (Gilgel Gibe I, Gibe II, Gibe III) to the capital of Kenya, Nairobi. This is one of several Studio Pietrangeli’s project dealing with extended transmission system, the first between two different countries. The project consisted in the design of a mixed AC/DC line of 510 km and 640 km and of two terminal substations with converter stations. PLACE CLIENT YEAR Ethiopia – Kenya
HV Interconnector
Ethiopia – Kenya
HV Interconnector
Ethiopia – Kenya
Salini Costruttori S.p.A.
2005 - 2007
Main Features
(No.2, loading capacity = 1000 MW) Ethiopia – Kenya
HV Interconnector
Engineering
ServicesFeasibility Studies
Basic Design
Electric network static and transient stability studies
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