Alstom and DB Energie, a Deutsche Bahn company, have signed a frame agreement worth EUR5 million for the delivery and commissioning of the HYpact compact switchgear for their railway applications at 16.7 Hz. The frame agreement has a term of approximately 1.5 years.
In spring 2015, the German Federal Railway authority issued its final operating approval for Alstom’s HYpact switchgear after the successful pilot operation at the Fronhausen railway substation. This approval is an essential prerequisite for production and commercial introduction of the product for railway applications in Germany. Germany opens the door for the 16.7 Hz HYpact in Switzerland, Austria, Norway and Sweden as these countries have unified specifications for railway applications.
Alstom’s 16.7 Hz HYpact is an adaptation of its 50 Hz HYpact, a modular switchgear designed for outdoor applications that combines the benefits of air insulated switchgear (AIS) technology with the technology of gas-insulated switchgear.
“Alstom had to adapt the hybrid switchgear technology to the requirements of the rail,” explains Lutz Drews, Head of the Development Centre and Product Director of HYpact for Alstom Grid GmbH in Kassel.
Gunter Oberreich, Head of the Leipzig branch of Alstom Grid GmbH, adds, “The HYpact 16.7 Hz is Alstom’s first hybrid switchgear system for railway applications. Development of the product followed specifications from DB, SBB and ÖBB.”
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