Alstom gets Rs 138-cr equipment supply contract from Power Grid

Alstom T&D India has received a contract worth Rs 138 crores from PowerGrid Corporation for supply of transformers and reactors to strengthen the southern grid.

Under the contract, Alstom will supply six units of 400/200 kV, 500 MVA transformers and two units of 420 kV, 125 MVAr shunt reactors. The company’s statement said the project is a part of Power Grid’s system strengthening scheme to boost power handling capacity of substations, and stabilise the transmission infrastructure in Southern India

This is Alstom’s second such project in the country after it was awarded contract to expand grid substations across eastern India.