Efacec Automation is expanding its references in African countries; recently we have received new orders from Kenya and Congo of SAS systems for transmission and distribution substations. Contracts in this region of Africa result from the cooperation with our Spanish business partner AEE Power (an international EPC Contractor and Power Developer specialized in the energy industry).

In Kenya, Efacec will supply KPLC’s 132/33 kV Maungu substation, in addition to other seven substations already supplied and commissioned in 2012/13. KPLC is a public company responsible for transmission, distribution and retail of electricity in Kenya. The system to be installed, based on CLP 500SAS platform, will integrate UC 500E station servers, BCU 500 bay control units, protection relays from Series 420, and third party protection relays. The integration of equipment at the substation level will be carried out according to the IEC 61850 standard.

In Congo, Efacec will supply ten substations of national electricity company SNEL: 2 x 220 kV (Liminga and Lingwala), 1 x 132 kV (Mitendi), 7 x 30 kV (Limete, Campus, Kinsuka, Badiadingi, Makala, Gombe, and Masina). The systems to be installed are based on CLP 500SAS platform and will integrate UC 500E station servers, BCU 500 digital control units, protection relays from Series 420 and Series 220, and third party protection relays. The communications at the substation level will also be implemented over IEC 61850 standard.

Efacec’s CLP 500SAS platform enables multiple field-proven system architectures concerning protection and control integration, multi-vendor integration, communication network architectures, use of hardwired or GOOSE logic and redundancy options, together with standard function implementations and database, HMI or cabinet designs. With CLP 500SAS customers benefit in full confidence from the power and flexibility of advanced substation automation, protection and control together with straightforward engineering and management throughout the system lifecycle. For more information, please visit the section Grid Automation at our web page.