The contracts were secured from Bihar Grid Corporation Limited (BGCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL).
ABB will design, supply, install and commission 220/132/33 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substations across four locations in Bihar.
The substations will feature ABB’s compact high-voltage GIS technology which can reduce the facility’s footprint by about 70%, when compared to conventional air-insulated switchgear (AIS) substations.
ABB will deliver medium-voltage switchgear, IEC 61850-compliant protection and substation automation systems, as well as fiber-optic telecommunications systems.
The contract with WBSETCL requires ABB to design, supply, install and commission a 220/132/33 kV AIS substation in West Bengal in order to help meet the increasing electricity demand in the Sadaipur region.
The company will deliver IEC 61850-compliant substation automation, power-line communication carriers and fiber-optic telecommunications systems.
ABB Power Systems division head Claudio Facchin said: "ABB continues to make a significant contribution to the development of India’s power infrastructure as it has done for decades.
"Our state-of-the-art technologies and unparalled global experience will help facilitate the reliable and efficient transmission of power to support economic and social development in the region."
Image: ABB will construct new transmission and distribution substations in two East Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal. Photo: Courtesy of ABB.
