Siemens to upgrade power supply system in Colombo

Siemens Energy division has received an order from the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), for the modernisation and upgradation of the medium-voltage distribution network in Colombo.

This order is valued at around EUR 31 million (approx Rs. 5 billion) and is Siemens’ largest order to date in the country.

Colombo’s power supply system is being modernised and expanded to meet the increasingly high standards required for the city’s power supply.

This will ensure that the over 600,000 inhabitants living in the port city, which covers an area of more than 37 square kilometers on the west coast of Sri Lanka, will have a reliable supply of energy in the future too.

As a part of the Colombo City Electricity Distribution Development Project, Siemens’ Energy sector has received an order worth Rs. 5 billion from the Ceylon Electricity Board for upgrading and modernising the electricity distribution network in the city.

Siemens scope of work includes the augmentation of a 33/11kV substation, supply, installation and commissioning of 390 air insulated Medium Voltage switchgear bays, 40 compact substations, 50 Ring main units and 72 Low voltage distribution switchgear from their world-class manufacturing facilities in India as well as Germany; apart from the supply and laying of over 200 kilometers of Cables.

Siemens is also delivering a supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA) for the load dispatch centre that will be equipped with Siemens’ state-of-the-art Sinaut Spectrum control system.

This system will gather data from 251 substations and connect them to a centralised distribution control centre providing real time information at single point for effective monitoring and control of the power network.

In addition, Siemens will train technical personnel locally and also ensure that a regular power supply is maintained during the implementation of the network conversion project.