Janez Škrabec, director
and co-owner of the company Riko and Deputy Director General of the large-scale
construction company RUP Mogilevenergo Nikolai Mihajlovič Mažar, signed a contract
in Minsk. Riko is to renew their Mogilev-330 transformer station for Mogilevenergo,
which will after reconstruction become the first digital transformer station of
330 kV / 110 kV in the world. Digital current transformers will be used for
this transformer station and all
communication between the equipment and the protection will be carried out
through optical connections (classically conducted by copper conductors).
This is the first
contract between Riko and RUP Mogilevenergo, which is one of the six state
energy companies in the Republic of Belarus.
The signing of the contract between RUP MOGILEVENERGO and Riko was
certainly brought about by the positive
experience of the company RUP Minskenergo, which is responsible for the supply
and distribution of electricity and heat in the City of Minsk and produces 40%
of all electricity in Belarus. For Minskenergo, Riko has successfully built or renovated already 13
transformer stations with a voltage of 110/10 kilovolts. Riko has also signed a
contract for the reconstruction of the Belorusskaya transformer station, which
will operate at a nominal voltage of 750 kilovolts, which is a great exception in
Europe.
The deadline for
the construction of the transformer station is 42 months. Many Slovenian
companies will participate in the project, including Sipro Engineering with its
engineering, design and consulting services and Kolektor Etra with the supply
and installation of power transformers 200 MVA 330 kV / 110 kV / 10 kV.