# Eurotunnel awards GE Grid Solutions STATCOM contract for Channel Tunnel

Eurotunnel awarded GE Power's Grid Solutions a contract to supply a STATCOM system for the Channel Tunnel catenary traction system, to be sited in Folkestone, Kent and expected complete by end 2019.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-03-22
- Where: Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: STATCOM static synchronous compensator
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [GE Grid Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/282.md) (supplier)
- [Eurotunnel](https://endata.com/companies/3022.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [press.getlinkgroup.com](https://press.getlinkgroup.com/news/eurotunnel-and-ge-partner-to-increase-traffic-in-channel-tunnel-8cdc-0791e.html), 2018-03-22: "Eurotunnel has awarded GE Power's Grid Solutions (NYSE: GE) a contract to supply a Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM), to improve the stabilization of power supply on the catenary traction system of the Channel Tunnel."

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