Siemens has bagged a turnkey order worth Rs.211.60 crore from Steel Authority of India (SAIL) to provide extra high voltage power distribution package at Rourkela steel plant, Orissa for augmentation of their existing main step down substations and installation of new MSDs.

The scope of work for this order includes design & engineering, supply, civil work, erection, testing and commissioning of 220 kV Gas Insulated Switch gear (GIS), 132 kV GIS & AIS Switchyards, 33 kV GIS,11 KM 132 kV transmission line and substation automation system for individual substations.

This power augmentation program will enable Rourkela steel plant to enhance its production capacity from 1.9 million tonne to 4.5 million tonne. The power distribution package provided by Siemens will convert the power received from the grid at 220 kV level and feed it into the Rolling Mills and Oxygen Plant.

Further, this project also encompasses the setting up of 132 kV Transmission Lines, interconnecting new /existing substations and strengthening 132 kV ring networks in order to have a better power flexibility. The Rourkela steel plant is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2010.

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