# Hitachi Energy signs frame agreement with BKK Nett for SF6-free breakers

Hitachi Energy has signed a frame agreement with Norway's BKK Nett to install EconiQ 145 kV live tank breakers in more than ten substations in western Norway. The first project is the Askøy substation rebuild.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-01-31
- Where: Western Norway (Askøy substation), Norway
- Status: announced
- Products: EconiQ 145 kV live tank breakers, SF6-free high voltage equipment
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md), [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Hitachi Energy](https://endata.com/companies/15140.md) (supplier)
- [BKK Nett](https://endata.com/companies/27218.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [modernpowersystems.com](https://www.modernpowersystems.com/analysis/hitachi-energys-roadmap-for-eliminating-sf6-9423635/), 2022-01-31: "This frame agreement with BKK Nett marks an important milestone as the very first for the new EconiQ breaker technology."

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