Alstom bags Rs.3,250 cr PowerGrid contract for transmission link

Alstom has been awarded Euro 400 million (Rs 3,250 crore) from Power Grid Corporation for building a transmission link between Haryana and Chhattisgarh. It will execute the Rs 3,250-crore Ultra-High Voltage Direct Current link between Champa and Kurukshetra, Alstom said. This new 3,000 MW transmission link will run parallel to the first UHVDC transmission link awarded to Alstom in 2012, increasing the total transmission capacity of the system to 6,000 MW. The link will transfer clean, bulk power efficiently from the Chhattisgarh region to the load centre in the northern region of the country, Alstom said. It will build converter terminal stations, converter transformers, gas-insulated switchgear, substation equipment, and communication and SCADA systems.