San José, Uruguay — 2016/2018
Client: UTE. Subcontract for SIEMENS
The project involved the installation and erection of Uruguay’s first 530 MW combined-cycle power plant.
Under a turnkey contract with Siemens, Ingener was responsible for the electromechanical installation of the 31.5 kV, 150 kV and 500 kV connection works for the new plant.
The works included:
-Expansion of the 500 kV substation, where a new diameter with 3 circuit-breaker bays was installed and an existing diameter was equipped, also with three circuit-breaker bays.
-Installation of two banks of 500/150 kV, 300 MVA single-phase autotransformers, including oil treatment and filling.
-Installation of gantries and equipment supports totaling more than 300 tonnes of steel structures.
-Installation of busbars, switching equipment, panels, and power and control cabling, through to commissioning.
-Electromechanical installation, cabling and termination of a new 14-bay 150 kV GIS substation, and the laying and termination of more than 6,000 m of 150 kV cable to connect the plant to the GIS and to the 500 kV substation.
-Expansion of the existing plant’s 150 kV substation with two new sections.
