Uruguay Building Interconnection with Brazil
AREVA has been awarded an US$150 million contract by ISUR (Interconexiones del Sur), for the delivery of a back-to-back High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter station in Melo, northeast of Uruguay.
This station will be built to interconnect Brazil and Uruguay’s power networks which have different frequencies 60 Hz and 50 Hz correspondingly. It’s the second HVDC converter station ever built in the country, the first one having been delivered by AREVA.
Through this contract, a new high-voltage interconnection will be built between the countries to allow electric power exchange, hence enabling both countries to optimize the use of their energy resources, with strong economical and environmental benefits.
The project is due for completion at the end of 2010.
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