Alstom T&D India to supply GIS & AIS substation packages for WBSETCL

2014-1-6

 Alstom T&D India has been awarded three contracts worth approximately INR 1687 million (€21 million) from West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL), for projects across the state of West Bengal in India.

The first two contracts include design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 220/132 kV gas-insulated substation (GIS) package for the Vidyasagar lndustrial Park at Kharagpur and 220 kV GIS package for Dharampur. The orders are worth approximately INR 665.6 million (€8.3 million) approx.and INR 338.7 million (€4.3 million) approx. respectively.

The Vidyasagar Park Substation is constructed to feed the different industrial units coming up in the adjacent park of the Midnapore District. The Dharampur substation, on the other hand, will connect existing substations at Jeerut and Aramabagh for the development of an Extra High Voltage network in the North 24 Parganas district. Both substations will help strengthen the state’s transmission network at 220 kV level.

As part of the third contract, worth 683 million INR (€8.5 million) approx., Alstom will supply a 400 kV substation and a 220 kV transformer bay at Gokarna, and a 220 kV substation and feeder bays at Krishnanagar. The 400 kV AIS substation is constructed to evacuate power from the 2 x 500 MW Sagardighi Power plant (Phase II). It will be directly connected to the 400 kV substation of Power Grid. All products for these three contracts will be delivered from Alstom T&D’s world class factories across India.