step-up substation

French translation: poste (de transformation) élévateur

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English term or phrase:step-up substation
French translation:poste (de transformation) élévateur
Entered by: Tony M

10:45 Dec 4, 2020
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Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / Solar project
English term or phrase: step-up substation
The step-up substation of the PV installation will be at 20 kV switchgear . The PV field gets to the medium-voltage (MV) busbar through two 20 kV cubicles; the energy output is made by a 20 kV transformer protection cell. The remaining cells are: the output to the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS, three cubicles), one auxiliary services 20/0.4 kV transformer cubicle and a spare one.
Neydou
France
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poste (de transformation) élévateur
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Literally 'poste de transformation', but in context, very frequently just shorted to 'poste'
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step-up substation
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poste (de transformation) élévateur


Explanation:
Literally 'poste de transformation', but in context, very frequently just shorted to 'poste'

Tony M
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agree  sylem
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agree  Johannes Gleim: 'poste élévateur', please delete 'de transformation'
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  -> Danke, Johannes!

agree  Daryo
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Reference: step-up substation

Reference information:
standardized term (IEC):

Area Generation, transmission and distribution of electricity - Substations / Types of substations - Substation layouts
IEV ref 605-01-04
en step-up substation
a transformer substation in which the outgoing power from the transformers is at a higher voltage than the incoming power
fr poste élévateur (de tension), m
poste de transformation dans lequel la puissance sortante est à une tension supérieure à celle de la puissance entrante
http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev...

Johannes Gleim
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