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BHEL bags first turnkey contract for 400 kV Grid Substation in Bihar

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has once again demonstrated its competitive edge by bagging its first turnkey contract for a 400 kV grid substation in Bihar , in the face of stiff competition from German and French multinational companies.

Valued at over Rs. 65 Crore, the order has been placed on BHEL by Power Grid Corporation of India (PowerGrid) for setting up a 400/220 kV grid substation at Muzzafarpur and extension of 220 kV substation of Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB), also located at Muzzafarpur. The package is associated with the East-North Interconnector II project.

Aimed at improving power supply in the state of Bihar , the project will be commissioned by BHEL in a tight schedule of just 22 months.

BHEL’s scope of work in the contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, testing, supply, erection and commissioning of Auto Transformers (2x315 MVA), Current and Capacitive Voltage Transformers, Shunt Reactors (5x63 MVAr), Circuit Breakers, 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 and Bangalore.

BHEL has fully established its capability to undertake substation projects upto 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 and Siliguri, besides undertaking extension of existing 400 kV substations at Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Farakka, Malda, Vijaywada and Sriperumbudur. Similar substations presently being set up by BHEL for the same customer include those at Trivandrum, Madurai and Baripada.

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

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