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ABB Static Voltage Compensator Unit 501 & 502
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This project was part of an ongoing effort to stabilize the Northern grid. One ABB Static Voltage Compensators (SVC) was already installed in a previous project. The current scope included installing two more SVCs
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Sub-Arctic Terrestrial Fiber Optics Solution for Canadian Shield
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Projects in the Sub-Arctic Canadian Shield, accessible only by airplane and barge, are always challenging—especially when you can’t plough fiber into solid rock, and aging overhead structures can’t support it either. SaskPower implemented an innovative solution by laying fiber with…
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ABB 25kV Cap bank & Master Controller
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As part of SaskPower’s ongoing effort to stabilize the Northern grid, which previously included the installation of three ABB Static Voltage Compensators (SVC), this project added a four-bay capacitor bank, a master controller, and expanded the control building to accommodate…
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Power Line Carrier Replacement at 3 Remote Northern Sites
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This project exemplified how an engaged field team can drive a major project from the ground up, rather than waiting for top-down planning. After ploughing fiber from North Battleford to Meadow Lake, the TeleControl team salvaged two sets of new…
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Helicopter Only Access Repeater Station OPGW Connection
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The scope of work included trenching ~500 meters of fiber in conduit through the Canadian Shield, connecting the OPGW dead-end structure to the communications building. Installing and commissioning a Power Line Carrier (PLC) to fiber JMUX repeater, which was used…
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Northern Mine Special Protection Scheme over Power Line Carrier
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A special protection scheme was required for a mine in Northern Saskatchewan, serviced by one of the longest unloaded transmission lines in the world. The solution involved adding a component to modify the existing power line carrier to transmit a…