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63,000 to get Electrical Boost in Diyala
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Blackanthem - [8/24/2006]
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Blackanthem Military News, Diyala,Iraq- Nine Electrical substations at the cost of $51.6M provide power to 63,000 people.
Built by local construction companies and over-watched for quality assurance by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, these nine substations provide power to newly constructed areas, neighborhoods, businesses and industry. Two of the nine are 400 kV substations and considered to be important components of the national electrical system, having a significant impact on the stability of the national grid.
These two substations tie into the SCADA system (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system). SCADA is the system that controls the overall national power management and national electrical system monitoring and control. It also synchronizes the power facilities throughout Iraq, so they may work together as a system, which ultimately protects the National Network from shutting down when there is an unsynchronized situation.
Shutdowns are common in Iraq as the electrical systems are not yet stable and consumption is more than the source can handle. SCADA is designed to reduce and eventually eliminate blackouts. Adding nine new substations to the grid in Diyala, not only improves the electrical distribution network in the province by reducing the load of the existing overloaded substations; it also increases the reliability of the power supplies for domestic, industrial and commercial uses with less down time.
To date, eight of the nine substations are complete. The last one is scheduled for completion within the month.
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