RST Net has extensive experience in installation and renewal of equipment in substations and gas and airproofed substations as well as auxiliary and control equipment.

RST Net is also responsible for underground cable laying, installation and connectivity of distribution and transmission lines.

Substation

AIS/GIS

RST Net has extensive experience in installing equipment in both gas and airproof substations and has been involved in the installation of many of Iceland's largest substations.

RST Net has worked either as a sub-contractor of the sub-contractor of the substation power plant manufacturer or as the main contractor where RST Net has been responsible for the design, construction of foundations, procurement of equipment and installation.

Among the substations installed by RST Net are gas-proof substations at the Vatnsfell Power Plant, the Sultartangi Power Plant, the Fljótsdalur Power Station and Landsnet's substation at Kolviðarhóll. RST Net has also installed aerosolised substations in, for example, Landsnet's substations at Brennimel, Reykjanes Power Plant, Mjólká Power Plant, Hryggstekkur and elsewhere.

Transformers

RST Net has expertise in power transformers and oil handling in their installation.

RST Net specialises in the assembly of transformers and has the necessary oil handling equipment for their installation.

The company's employees regularly undergo training, e.g. with Germany's largest manufacturer of load-staged transformers, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR).

In collaboration with MR, RST Net provides spare parts services and specialist assistance in the process of staging changes.

Power plants

RST Net undertakes all work on the installation of equipment in the electrical and mechanical parts of power and industrial plants.

RST Net's largest project in power plants was the installation of all mechanical and electrical equipment in the Vatnsfell Power Plant as the main contractor of GE Hydro.

Heat pumps

RST Net is responsible for installing and connecting high-power heat pumps.

RST Net has both the human resources and the knowledge to handle complex tasks such as the installation of thermal locking stations where complex mechanical and electrical equipment plays a key role.

This picture shows the heat pump installed by RST Net in the Westman Islands.

Control and protection devices

Design, construction, programming and manufacturing testing of utility and industrial control systems. Installation, starting and testing of the workplace as well as training of operators in the operation of the equipment.

RST Net, together with trusted foreign partners and suppliers, offers complete solutions based on experience and extensive knowledge of command and defence equipment. 

RST Net technicians have extensive experience and knowledge in programming RTU terminals and PLC machines such as PCM600 terminals from ABB and PLC machines from industrial computer manufacturers, Allen Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens and others.  For control and defence equipment in larger construction projects, RST Net offers complete solutions, where the equipment and control cabinets housing the equipment comply with the buyer's requirement statement and international standards.  After assembly and interconnection of complete control cabinets, production tests (FAT) are performed in the company's tabular workshop before moving the cabinets to the workplace for installation.  

High voltage connections

RST Net is responsible for the laying of underground cables and the installation and connection work of distribution and transmission lines.

RST Net holds both A and B certification for electrical engineering work on high and low voltage power plants and a number of employees have experience and qualifications for connections of high voltage cables up to 145 kV.

Assignment

See an overview of the construction work that RST Net has done over the years.