"Alstom has secured three contracts of around Rs 240 crore from Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation to supply three air- insulated substations to establish a reliable grid," a release said.
The scope of the contract includes establishing a 400/230 /100 kv air-inslulated substation at Rasipalayam connecting Tamil Nadu's transmission network to the national grid, and one 230/110 kv air-insulared substation each in Vyasarpadi and in Omega industrial estate, both near Chennai, the release said.
"The substations will stabilise power supply in and around Chennai to cope with increasing industrialisation," it said.
Alstom will supply 62 air-insulated bays, two power transformers, eight auto-transformers and other equipment for the contract. These equipment will be supplied from the company's manufacturing facilities spread across the country.
"Energy consumption in Tamil Nadu has grown at six per cent per year between 2004 and 2011 and is estimated to grow another seven per cent during the 12th Plan.
"To meet this demand, the state will increase power generation capacity. Alstom's air-insulated substations will transmit this new generation capacity along the grid efficiently and reliably," company's MD Rathin Basu said.
He further said its advanced transmission technologies and strongly localised manufacturing footprint, Alstom is ready to support the state's plans to strengthen the transmission network.
