BHEL bags turnkey contract for 400kV Switching Substation in Uttar Pradesh.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has once again demonstrated its competitive edge by bagging a turnkey contract for a 400 kV Substation in Uttar Pradesh, against stiff competition from European MNCs and Indian companies.

Valued at Rs.680 Million, the order has been placed on BHEL by Power Grid Corporation of India (PowerGrid) for setting up a new 400 kV Switching Substation at Balia and extension of 400 kV Mau Substation of UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL), associated with Kahalgaon Stage-II, Phase-I Transmission System.

This pooling station, at Balia, is being set up to transfer power from the 2x500 MW Kahalgaon Stage-II Phase-I thermal power station to the Northern Region through one 400 kV D/C line to Mau and another line to Lucknow. On the Eastern side, the Balia station will be connected to Patna and Biharsharif through 400 kV D/C lines to receive power from Kahalgaon. Aimed at improving the power supply in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the project will be commissioned by BHEL in a tight schedule of just 20 months.

BHEL's scope of work in the contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, testing, supply, erection and commissioning of 400 kV Circuit Breakers, 400 kV Instrument Transformers, Control and Relay Panels, Disc Insulators and other associated auxiliaries, in addition to complete civil works. The equipment will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL's plants at Hyderabad, Bhopal and Bangalore.

BHEL has fully established its capability to undertake substation projects up to 400 kV for utilities and core sector industries. The company has set up substations for a wide range of applications like industrial receiving substations, switchyards of power plants, conversion substations for the industry, AC/DC Switchyards for HVDC stations etc.

For PowerGrid, BHEL has earlier set up 400 kV substations at Gazuwaka, Kanpur, Allahabad, Trivandrum and Siliguri, besides undertaking extensions of existing 400 kV substations at Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Farakka, Malda, Jeypore, Vijaywada, Madurai and Sriperumbdur. Similar substations presently being set up for the same customer include those at Muzaffarpur, Bareilley and Baripada, besides extensions of substations at Lucknow, Kanpur, Bina, Khandwa & Nagda.

In overseas markets, BHEL has executed turnkey substation projects in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Libya, Zambia, Tanzania, Ghana, Nepal, Kenya, Philippines, Laos etc., and is consolidating its strength to harness potential in other parts of the world.