Alstom T&D India to upgrade Power Grid’s infrastructure in eastern India

KOLKOTA: Alstom T&D India has secured a Rs 200 crore order from Power Grid Corp to supply transformers to upgrade and expand the transmission network operator’s 400/220 kV grid substations across eastern India.

The project is part of the Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme of Power Grid, which aims to improve the transmission infrastructure in West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar. The new equipment will strengthen power handling capacity of substations across these states, stabilising the network.

Under this contract, Alstom will upgrade existing 400/220 kV substations by installing new equipment such as circuit breakers, instrument transformers, protection and control panels.

Alstom will supply seven units of 400/220 kV, 500 MVA transformers and three units of 220/132/33 kV, 160 MVA transformers. It will also upgrade two units of 400/220 kV 315 MVA transformers at Jamshedpur and NTPC’s Farakka substations. Equipment will be supplied from Alstom T&D India’s manufacturing facilities.