Power and automation technology group ABB has bagged order worth Rs 141 crore from Power Grid Corporation for supplying ultrahigh voltage power transformers for substations in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
The new substations will receive power from the Tehri hydropower complex in the northwest for distribution across Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, it said.
"ABB... Has won orders worth Rs 141 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd to supply 765 kilovolt (kV) ultrahigh voltage power transformers for substations in the northern states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh," a company statement said.
Three of these ultra-high voltage transformers will be installed at the Meerut substation in the north west of Uttar Pradesh, while 14 transformers will be installed in new substations being constructed in Uttarakhand, it added.
The enhanced transmission capacity will help address growing demand in the region.
"These transformers will help enhance reliability and efficiency of the grid infrastructure, and in turn contribute to India's vision of bringing quality power to all," ABB India President Power Products Pitamber Shivnani said.
ABB will design, manufacture, test, transport, erect and commission the 765 kV single-phase autotransformers at the substation sites.
