Under the €7m contract, Alstom T&D India will deliver 13 units of 75MVA, 400kV generator transformers and an 80MVAR, 400kV shunt reactor.
The company will also design, engineer, manufacture, supply, transport, erect, test and commission the generator transformer, shunt reactor and associated equipment for the project.
Work under the contract will be carried out at the company’s facility in Naini, Allahabad.
Alstom T&D India managing director Rathin Basu said: "Alstom T&D India is pleased to contribute to an ambitious hydropower development plan, and help establish a robust electrical grid for Bhutan with its latest technological products."
The project, which is a considered as a major landmark in grid development for hydro power in Bhutan, is located by the river Mangdechhu in Trongsa district, Bhutan.
Bhutan has potential to produce hydropower of approximately 25,000MW, according to the Central Electricity Authority of India.
The Government of India and Royal Government of Bhutan earlier signed an agreement targeting 10,000MW of hydroelectric generation by 2020 in Bhutan.
Image: Alstom-built power transformers at a site. Photo: © Copyright ALSTOM 2014.
