Brazil weighs dc converter station bids

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Electr. World; (United States)

OSTI ID:6074617

Furnas Centrais Eletricas SA, Brazil's regional state power company, is presently, planning to award a turnkey contract or contracts for the engineering, manufacturing, and installations of 4 bipolar ac/dc converter stations expected to cost between $700 million and $1 billion. Two stations would be located at the Itaipu hydro project and the other two stations would be located 500 miles away in southern Brazil. The qualifications of the US, Swedish, and German companies vying for the contracts are briefly reviewed. Operational startup is planned for 1983, to coincide with the inauguration of Itaipu's first generators. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 6074617
• Journal Information: Electr. World; (United States), Journal Name: Electr. World; (United States) Vol. 191:3; ISSN ELWOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
AC SYSTEMS
BRAZIL
COMPETITION
CONTRACTS
DC SYSTEMS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
EUROPE
EVALUATION
GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC
HVAC SYSTEMS
HVDC SYSTEMS
INVERTERS
LATIN AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
PLANNING
POWER SUBSTATIONS
POWER SYSTEMS
SCANDINAVIA
SOUTH AMERICA
SWEDEN
USA