The Harris-led consortium will engineer, furnish, install, commission and cut-over TransAlta’s current analog and digital microwave system to a completely digital broadband network using Harris’ Constellation family of point-to-point radios.
The total project, spanning the province of Alberta, is estimated to be worth $15 to $20 million over the next four years, and will include digital microwave, multiplexers, switches, DC power, tower infrastructure and other civil works.
We chose Harris because we believe they can economically provide us the functionality we require today as well as in the future, said Richard Hird, senior project manager for TransAlta. Also, Harris offers superior expertise in network engineering and integration.
We are very pleased with TransAlta’s decision to go with Harris’ turnkey offering, said Laurent Brigdan, territory manager, Harris Microwave Communications Division. The team we’ve assembled for this project is highly skilled and offers just the right blend of experience and technical expertise to make this project a real and lasting success. We’re looking forward to a strong, long-term relationship with TransAlta.
TransAlta is Canada’s largest non-regulated electric generation and marketing company, with more than $7 billion in assets and 8,000 megawatts of capacity. As one of North America’s lowest cost operators, growth is focused on developing coal and gas-fire generation in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. For more information visit www.transalta.com.
Harris Microwave Communications Division, one of five divisions within Harris Corporation, is the largest supplier of microwave systems in North America and a leading supplier worldwide. The division delivers wireless solutions to service providers of all types, including public network operators; fixed wireless operators; transportation, state, local and federal agencies; and power utilities. Its product line, the broadest in the industry, spans 2 to 42 GHz and includes both microwave and millimeter wave systems for both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint architectures.
