The company will provide plant automation and control solutions for the Aswan hydropower complex which includes three hydropower plants with a capacity of more than 2,600MW.
ABB will deliver a new integrated plant automation solution including the latest Symphony Plus technology, instrumentation, transformer and generator protection systems, turbine governor systems and electro-hydraulic equipment at one of the plants.
It will upgrade selected control and excitation systems, automatic voltage regulators, turbine governor systems and electro-hydraulic equipment.
The company will also upgrade the electrical protection systems for a 132kV substation which connects the power generated at the plant to the transmission grid.