ABB bags Rs 334 crore orders in Bihar, West Bengal

Leading power and automation technologies provider ABB today said it has bagged two orders valued at Rs 334 crore to set up transmission and distribution substations in Bihar and West Bengal.
The company has secured the orders from Bihar Grid Corporation Limited (BGCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (WBSETCL) to build new transmission and distribution substations that will boost power supplies in the regions, a release issued here said.
As part of a turnkey contract in Bihar, ABB will design, supply, install and commission 220/132/33 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substations across four locations.
These substations will deploy ABB's compact high-voltage GIS technology, which can reduce the substation footprint by up to 70 per cent compared with conventional air-insulated switchgear (AIS) substations.

It will also supply IEC 61850-compliant protection and substation automation systems, as well as fiber-optic telecommunications systems, the release said.
In West Bengal, the company will design, supply, install and commission a 220/132/33 kV AIS substation to help meet the growing demand for electricity in the Sadaipur region of Birbhum district.

Other ABB product supplies include IEC 61850-compliant substation automation, power-line communication carriers (PLCC) and fiber-optic telecommunications systems.
"These orders demonstrate that ABB India is well positioned to cater to India's push for reliable power and enhanced focus on upgrading the transmission and distribution network," ABB India head of power systems N Venu said.

He said these two states are regularly facing significant power shortfalls and demand is rising, fuelled by mining, agriculture and increasing urbanisation.
"They have ambitious plans to significantly enhance their power-generation capacity, which in turn needs complementary transmission infrastructure. ABB's indegenised technologies can meet a wide range of requirements without compromising on reliability and performance," Venu added.