Alstom T&D India has secured a power grid strengthening contract from Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) worth Rs 138 crore.
The order is for supply transformers and reactors for the expansion of 400/220 kV grid substations across southern India.
The project is part of PGCIL’s System Strengthening Scheme to boost power handling capacity of substations, and stabilise the transmission infrastructure in southern India.
As per the contract, Alstom will supply six units of 400/220 kV, 500 MVAr transformers and two units of 420 kV, 125 MVA shunt reactors.
This is Alstom T&D India's second power grid strengthening contract under the System Strengthening Scheme. The first power transmission reinforcement contract was awarded in July 2014 for eastern India.