Bharat Heavy Electricals has bagged a turnkey contract worth Rs.144 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India for a new 400 kV substation at Wardha and extension of 400 kV substations at Seoni, Akola Aurangabad, associated with the Sipat Super Thermal Power Project Stage-II supplementary transmission system in Maharashtra.

BHEL's scope of work includes design, engineering, manufacture, testing, supply, erection and commissioning of auto transformers, shunt reactors, circuit breakers, 400 kV and 220 kV instrument transformers, control and relay panels, string insulators and other associated auxiliaries, in addition to complete civil works.

Work on the project is scheduled for completion within 19 months.

For PowerGrid, BHEL has earlier set up 400 kV substations at Gazuwaka, Kanpur, Allahabad, Trivandrum and Siliguri, besides undertaking extensions of existing 400 kV substations at Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Farakka, Malda, Jeypore, Vijaywada, Madurai and Sriperumbdur. Similar substations presently being set up for the same customer include Bareilley, Ballia, Raibareilly, Pithoragarh and Arasur, besides extensions of substations at Lucknow, Kanpur, Bina, Khandwa, Nagda, Rajgarh and Udumalpet.

In overseas markets, BHEL has executed turnkey substation projects in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Libya, Zambia, Tanzania, Ghana, Nepal, Kenya, Philippines, Laos etc., and is consolidating its strength to harness potential in other parts of the world.

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