AZZ Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, said it had been awarded a contract from Sanmen Nuclear Power Company (SNPC) of China to provide two circuits of 550kV 3, 150 Amp Gas Insulated Line (GIL) for the Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant project in the Zhejiang Province.
AZZ Inc. is a global provider of galvanizing services, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services to the power generation, transmission, distribution and industrial markets.
This is the second contract AZZ has been awarded by SNPC for their nuclear power plant build. The contract is valued at a minimum of $11 million, AZZ announced.
Under the terms of the contract, AZZ will provide 5,130 meters of GIL for phase two of the Sanment Nuclear Power Plant. The delivery date is scheduled to begin in mid-2018.
Vice President of AZZ Electrical Systems Bill Estes termed the project a “critical power infrastructure project.”
“Our collaboration on Phase 1 of this project has been very successful. We look forward to extending our relationship with SNPC and its majority stakeholder China National Nuclear Power,” he said.
CNNC holds a 51 percent stake in SNPC. The Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant is the first AP1000 nuclear power plant in the world with Phase 1 planned capacity of 2,500 MW. An additional 2,500 MW of capacity is planned for Phase 2.