FRANCE, GERMANY - The switchgear is now fitted with digital power sensors using very sensitive low-power instrument transformers instead of conventional oil-immersed instrument transformers.

GE has announced that GE Renewable Energy's Grid Solutions business energized a new 123 kV, 16.7 Hz HYpact switchgear for DB Energie GmbH's 60-year-old Amstetten train station located in Lonsee between Stuttgart and Ulm in Germany.

According to GE, the digital hybrid compact switchgear is developed as part of the EU-funded IN2STEMPO project.

"Our flexible digital solution can be used in several applications - from mobile (truck-mounted) substations to onshore wind substations. Basically, it helps make the unpredictability of the electrical network more predictable, while reducing the customer's operational costs, as well as their impact on the environment," said Eric Chaussin, GE Renewable Energy's Grid Solutions High Voltage Products Leader.

According to the company, the switchgear is now fitted with digital power sensors using very sensitive low-power instrument transformers instead of conventional oil-immersed instrument transformers.

Source: GE