Areva T&D India wins contract for 765 kV EHV Substation [Dec 2011]

Areva T&D India wins contract for 765 kV EHV SubstationAreva T&D India’s transmission business, now part of Alstom Grid, has been awarded a contract worth approximately 4,000 MINR by state utility Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (RRVPNL). Areva T&D India will design and build a 765 kV turnkey substation including Extra High Voltage (EHV) transformers and reactors at Anta near Kota. The scope of this contract also includes a long term maintenance contract for the substation. This first-of-its-kind 765 kV EHV substation in Rajasthan will improve power transfer capacity and reliability of the electrical network through power transmission from several generation plants located in the state.