Siemens Receives Order Valued at More Than C$800 Million for Consortium
October 20 2014 - 5:17AM
Dow Jones News
BERLIN--German technology giant Siemens said Monday it had
received an order for a high-voltage direct-current power
transmission link in Canada valued at C$800 million ($708.8
million).
As part of a consortium, Siemens will supply thyristor
technology for the transmission link and Mortenson Construction
will be responsible for the construction of the converter stations,
connecting the Keewatinohk station in northern Manitoba with the
Riel station near Winnipeg with approximately 1400 kilometers of
overhead line.
The link is scheduled to begin transmission in the summer of
2018 and will have a transmission capacity of 2,300 megawatts.
Write to Chase Gummer at chase.gummer@wsj.com
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