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Bangalore, April 30 ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won substation orders worth Rs 425 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India to boost capacity and help improve grid reliability.

The orders were booked in the first quarter.

ABB is responsible for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of 765/400 kilovolt (kV) substations at Agra, Wardha (Maharashtra), Bilaspur and Seoni (both Madhya Pradesh), and of a 400/220 kV substation at Palakkad (Kerala). The projects are expected to be completed by mid-2011.

Mr Biplab Majumder, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of ABB India, said: “These substations for the national grid are an integral part of the country’s plans to develop an ultrahigh-voltage transmission network, improving transmission efficiency and addressing growing demand for electricity.”

The substation projects are part of Power Grid’s programme to strengthen the national transmission grid and to enhance the inter-regional power transfer capacity to around 37,000 megawatts by 2012. An extensive 800kV and 1,200kV ultrahigh-voltage systems are expected to form the backbone of the transmission network and facilitate the transfer of power across India.

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