DURHAM, N.C., March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) is enhancing the provision of dependable, reasonably priced electrical energy to Colombian shoppers through the use of SmartValve™ expertise within the Caribbean area of their community. This marks the second set up of SmartValve in Colombia, with extra initiatives to be delivered in 2022 to additional strengthen the nationwide transmission community.
This challenge on the Termocandelaria substation in Cartagena makes use of modular energy circulate management expertise, SmartValve, to alleviate inter-regional congestion and unlock 252 MW of latest capability for technology on the prevailing community.
SmartValve intelligently controls the circulate of energy throughout transmission strains, and guarantee flows are environment friendly and balanced throughout the area. Put merely, SmartValve pushes energy off overloaded strains or pulls energy on to underutilized strains.
By utilizing the community extra effectively, SmartValve releases new interconnection capability for the Termocandelaria energy plant on the prevailing community. This newly launched capability gives higher availability of power to fulfill demand and improves reliability of provide, assuaging dispatch restrictions and supporting financial growth within the area.
“With the implementation of those progressive units, the Group contributes to the nation’s power safety. As well as, amongst their purposeful benefits, SmartValves supply large environmental and financial advantages, as they supply options to totally different wants within the brief, medium, and long run for the nation, since they scale back the duty to hold out new transmission initiatives, similar to strains and substations, to adequately dispatch the power generated,” mentioned Fredy Zuleta, Basic Supervisor of Transmission of Grupo Energía Bogotá.
“We’re as an alternative utilizing SmartValve expertise to redistribute energy flows throughout our strains and get extra from our present grid. This expertise is a well timed and cost-effective strategy to improve the capability on this a part of our community, with out disrupting native communities and the setting,” he mentioned.
Joaquin Peirano, Sensible Wires’ Industrial Supervisor – Latin America, mentioned: “Transmission house owners in Colombia are advancing progress in the direction of web zero through the use of modular energy circulate management expertise to future proof the grid.”
“We’re delighted to collaborate with GEB on this pivotal challenge which is unlocking vital capability and strengthening provide of dependable, reasonably priced electrical energy to shoppers throughout the Caribbean area,” he mentioned.
“This work reveals GEB’s dedication to enhance the lives of individuals in each nook of Colombia with sustainable and aggressive power.”
“Colombia has develop into a worldwide chief in leveraging expertise to allow a cleaner, greener future. GEB’s challenge follows a profitable preliminary set up by Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) final 12 months. Additional SmartValve initiatives can be delivered later in 2022 by different transmission house owners throughout the nation offering extra capability for renewables connecting throughout the grid,” mentioned Mr Peirano.
The usage of FACTS units (similar to SmartValve) is incentivized in Colombia’s 2020-2034 Transmission Enlargement Plan, revealed by the nationwide planning company (Unidad de Planeacion Minero Energetica, UPME). Given the worth of this expertise to cost-effectively strengthen and optimize the usage of the prevailing grid, the nationwide plan consists of a number of FACTS initiatives over the approaching years.
About Grupo Energía Bogotá
With greater than 125 years of historical past, Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) is a number one enterprise group within the transmission and distribution of electrical energy and the transportation and distribution of pure fuel in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Guatemala. In Colombia, it develops electrical power initiatives with Transmisión. With TGI it’s primary in pure fuel transportation with greater than 4,000 kilometers of fuel pipelines. In Peru, it’s primary in distribution of pure fuel with its firms Cálidda and Contugas and has a presence in power distribution with Electro Dunas. In Brazil it’s current with Gebbras and Argo, and in Guatemala it’s primary in electrical energy transmission transmission with Trecsa and Eebis.
About Sensible Wires
Sensible Wires is a worldwide energy expertise firm advancing the supply of reasonably priced, clear electrical energy all over the world. With our progressive expertise and superior analytics, we maximize the grid’s capability. This implies extra renewables, at a decrease price and with much less disruption to communities and the setting. Headquartered in North Carolina, with European headquarters in Dublin, Eire, and a worldwide workforce of 150 professionals unfold throughout 4 continents, we collaborate with our prospects to realize their strategic targets and assist them face an unsure power future with versatile, high-impact options.
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