220 kV GIS at Janoob Madinat Hamad, Kingdom of Bahrain

Due to the natural growth of electricity demand in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Electricity & Water Authority (EWA) has decided to construct additional capacity on their electricity transmission network to service this demand. This will be achieved through a major project known as “220 kV & 66 kV Transmission Development 2012-2016”.

As part of this project, Linxon provided for Janoob Madinat Hamad 220kV BSP, the complete engineering, procurement, installation, testing & commissioning of 220 kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS), 66 kV gas insulated switchgear, 21/11kV switchgears, integrated control system (ICS), control & protection system, high voltage / medium voltage and low voltage cables and relevant terminations, auxiliary power supplies, including house transformer 11 kV/400 V, standby diesel generator and earthing/earth grid works.