Alstom T&D India has been awarded a contract by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), worth seven million Euro (INR 560 million).

As per the contract, the company needs to monitor and control Sri Lanka’s electricity transmission network. Also, it will supply its first energy management system and e-terraplatform. This will enable reliable, secure and efficient operation of Sri Lanka’s hydro-thermal electricity system.

Under the project, Alstom will build the National System Control Centre -- a new control centre in Colombo. It will be equipped with a supervisory control, data acquisition and energy management system. The company will install and integrate 34 Remote Terminal Units (RTU) with the new system and integrate existing substation automation. Alstom will manufacture the equipment from its Noida manufacturing facilities in India.

This is Sri Lanka’s first energy management system project for grid monitoring, stability and control. It will help CEB to provide support for integration of renewable energy, such as wind and solar, into the national grid. The country has an installed capacity of 2,214 MW with a peak demand of 2,014 MW.