ABB bags Rs 334 crore worth orders from state power utilities

As part of a turnkey contract in Bihar and WB, ABB will design, supply and commission switchgears and substations

ABB, a supplier of power and automation technologies, has won orders worth Rs 334 crore from public utilities, Bihar Grid Corporation Limited (BGCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL), to build new transmission and distribution substations that will boost power supplies in the region.

As part of a turnkey contract in Bihar, ABB will design, supply, install and commission 220/132/33 kV (kilovolt) 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, ABB said in a statement.

 

In West Bengal, ABB 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.

Both Bihar and West Bengal regularly face significant power shortfalls and demand is rising, fuelled by mining, agriculture and increasing urbanisation. Both states have ambitious plans to significantly enhance their power-generation capacity, which in turn needs complementary transmission infrastructure, the statement added.