AZZ Inc., a global provider of galvanizing services, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services to the power generation, transmission, distribution and industrial markets, announced Thursday that it was awarded a contract from Yunnan Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Co., Ltd. to provide two circuits of 550kV 3150A Gas Insulated Line (GIL) for the Huangdeng Hydro Power Plant located in the Yunnan Province of China.
Under the terms of the contract, AZZ will provide 2,000 meters of GIL, a portion of which will be installed in a 200 meter tall vertical shaft. The total contract award is estimated to be $7.5 million USD and delivery of the GIL is scheduled for mid-2017.
Bill Estes, Vice President of AZZ Electrical Systems, commented, "AZZ continues to support the growing power generation needs within China as demonstrated by this award. Our high voltage bus systems provide our customers with higher carrying capacity, versatile routing options and superior reliability and service life in both horizontal and vertical shaft applications. We thank Yunnan Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower for the contract award and look forward to contributing to the successful completion of this critical power infrastructure project."