African Work Group SUBSTATION Tutorial and Workshop in Zambia

A successful workshop and tutorial session was held in Zambia in the last week of August 2019. The Workshop focused on cost-effective Substation Designs as featured in the Technical Brochure 740, which was published recently. A total of 38 delegates from the Zambian Electricity Utility, ZESCO, Government departments and from Mining and Industry in Zambia, attended the session. The three day session was hosted by the B3 Substation experts, Theunus Marais, Philip Koenig and Braam Groenewald.

 

As part of the Africa Work Group initiative to spread CIGRE knowledge in sub-Saharan Africa, this sojourn to Zambia was a success. Delegates felt that the workshop enhanced their understanding of the many factors affecting the substation design and the associated costing. Cost effective substation designs and best practices were also shared successfully, thus rounding off an excellent trip to share the institutional CIGRE knowledge with Zambian Engineers.

 

It appears that the seed has been sown for prospective interventions, as a need was expressed by the delegates for more detailed substation and line design related information to be shared in future.