ABB has won an order worth $18 million from Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) for 765 kV power transformers.
The transformer order forms part of India’s plans to develop an ultrahigh voltage network and will be installed at Power Grid’s Satna substation in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. They will be a part of the infrastructure for transmitting power from the planned 3960 MW Sasan ultra mega power plant.
ABB will be responsible for the design, supply, erection, and commissioning of the 333 MVA, 765 kV single-phase autotransformers. Four of the units will be made in Sweden and the rest will be manufactured at the company’s Vadodara facility in Gujarat, western India.
They will use ABB’s TrafoStarT platform, a technology concept implemented in all power transformer factories ensuring common design and quality standards.
ABB is making a significant contribution to India’s development of an ultrahigh voltage network, having supplied 765 kV transformers to Power Grid’s Seoni project and National Thermal Power Corporation’s Sipat project. ABB is presently executing turnkey solutions for Power Grid’s 765/400 kV Bilaspur, Agra, Wardha and Seoni substations.
