BHEL bags Rs 1,360-cr order to set up 6,000 MW power project

BHEL, in association with ABB, has bagged a project worth Rs 1,360 crore from Power Grid Corp. BHEL's scope of work is valued at Rs 1,360 crore for setting up an 800 kV, 6,000 MW HVDC link between Western Region Grid (Raigarh, Chattisgarh) and Southern Region Grid (Pugalur, Tamil Nadu). This is the second Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) transmission project contract for BHEL, the company said on Tuesday. It is presently executing the North-East Agra 800kV, 6,000 MW, Multi-Terminal HVDC link, jointly with ABB. This project will bring relief to power deficit Southern Grid. The HVDC link is expected to be established by 2019, it added. For this project, among other equipment and systems, BHEL will significantly contribute by supplying converter transformers, shunt reactors, filter bank capacitors and instrument transformers from its Bhopal plant and thyristor valves from its electronics division, Bengaluru. more at: http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bhel-bags-rs-1-360-cr-order-to-set-up-6-000-mw-power-project-117012400773_1.html