Siemens secured two major orders worth Rs.161.4 crore from Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) for the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP).

The first order is for the power supply and augmentation package. The scope of work includes turnkey setup of 220 kV substations as well as to supply and install 14 bays of 220 kV outdoor switchyards at two locations. In addition, Siemens will install a state-of-the-art automated substation system wherein the complete power flow and critical load parameters can be controlled and viewed on-line on large video screen. This includes monitoring and processing of over 1,000 inputs/outputs, networking the siprotec relays on fibre optic LAN and software development for the system. The contract value is Rs.87 crore.

The second order worth Rs.74.4 crore is for the plant material handling systems. Both the work orders is expected to be completed by March 2009.

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