Following an order for an integrated
control and safety system, ABB has
been awarded a contract for integrated
telecoms systems, including CCTV,
security and communications for an
E.ON site in Cheshire that will store
gas in eight salt caverns.

Gas compressors optimise the
pressure of gas stored and withdrawn
from the caverns into the National
Grid Transmission System. The plant
will be controlled by ABB Extended
Automation System 800xA and
integrated with telecoms systems
giving a single point of access and
control for operational personnel.

The telecoms scope includes:
CCTV (perimeter surveillance and
plant monitoring); access control/
intrusion detection; fixed telephones,
site-wide mobile radio system; PA
systems; and fibre optic network.