Installation
The synchronous compensator is a large-scale equipment that requires time until it is ready for operation. The installation at the Marmeleiro 2 substation started on December 2019, and January 2020 at Livramento 3. Works are expected to take until September 2021, comprising over 40 people in each of the substations. Each equipment unit weighs around 262 tons, with 4.1 m (length), 5.6 m (width) and 4.6 m (height). The foundation has around 3 m depth for proper ground fixation.
“The installation of the compensator involves civil, electric, electro-mechanic projects, foundation preparation, manufacturing of all other auxiliary equipment, such as transformers, switches and breakers, in addition to the control and command room and all cabling required for this huge entrepreneurship", says Helber Oliveira, electric engineer at Neoenergia.
Batch 14
Installation of transmission lines that comprise Batch 14 of Aneel auction 004/2018 comprises sections of the Povo Novo – Guaíba 3 C3 transmission lines, with 245.7km extension; Capivari do Sul – Siderópolis 2, at 251.5km extension; Livramento 3 – Santa Maria 3 C2, at 244,5km extension; and Siderópolis 2 – Forquilhinha C2, at 27,6km extension, in addition to Livramento 3 and Marmeleiro 2 substations. Works are in progress and all equipment is to be connected until March 2024, according to the contract entered into with the National Electric Energy Agency.