ABB has secured orders worth Rs 425 crore from Power Grid Corporation of
India Ltd (PGCIL).
ABB’s scope of work includes design, supply installation and commissioning of
765/400 kV substations at Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Wardha (Maharashtra), Bilaspur
and Seoni (both Madhya Pradesh), and of a 400/220 kV substation at Palakkad
(Kerala). The projects are expected to be completed by June 2011.
The substation projects are part of PGCIL’s program to strengthen the
national transmission grid and to enhance the inter-regional power transfer
capacity to around 37,000 MW by 2012.