加拿大投3000万加元助 Hitachi 在 London 建首座变压器绝缘纸板厂，总项目4.788亿加元
加拿大创新、科学与工业部10月16日在安大略省 London 宣布，联邦向 Hitachi Energy Canada 投入共3,000万加元，支持其4.788亿加元项目，在 London 建设加拿大首座电气级压纸板制造厂。工业部长 Mélanie Joly 当日公布这一投资。
联邦投入包括战略应对基金2,000万加元和林业转型投资计划1,000万加元。新厂将用木纤维年产最多20,000吨电气级压纸板和层压绝缘材料，供高压变压器使用，并为 Hitachi 在 Quebec 省 Varennes 的变压器制造业务以及北美和全球其他制造商供货。
联邦政府说，电网现代化、电气化、可再生能源部署和数据中心扩张正推高电力需求，本土生产绝缘材料可强化加拿大在北美能源基础设施供应链中的地位，同时为加拿大林产品打开新市场。
Canada Invests $30 Million as Hitachi Builds Canada's First Transformer Pressboard Plant in London, a $478.8 Million Project
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada announced in London, Ontario, on October 16 a total federal investment of $30 million in Hitachi Energy Canada Inc., supporting a $478.8 million project to establish Canada's first electrical-grade pressboard manufacturing facility in London. Minister Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry, announced the investment.
The federal funding includes $20 million through the Strategic Response Fund and $10 million through the Investments in Forest Industry Transformation program. The new facility will turn wood fibre into up to 20,000 tonnes annually of electrical-grade pressboard and laminated insulation materials for high-voltage transformers, supplying Hitachi Energy's transformer operations in Varennes, Quebec, and other manufacturers in North American and global markets.
Ottawa said demand is being driven by grid modernization, electrification, renewable energy deployment and data centre expansion, and that domestic production will strengthen Canada's place in North America's energy infrastructure supply chain while creating new markets for Canadian forest products.
来源：加拿大创新、科学与工业部
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图片来源：图：变电站与电力变压器 / Photo: An electrical transformer substation（Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 2.0）
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