Alstom Grid Wins Contract Worth Over €30 Million For 765 kV Extra High Voltage Substations In India

Alstom Grid, through its Indian subsidiary Areva T&D India Limited*, has been awarded a contract worth over €30 million, by Bhopal Dhule Transmission Co Ltd., a subsidiary of Sterlite Technologies Ltd, for the construction of two 765 kV Extra High Voltage substations in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh States (India).

Under the contract, Alstom Grid will supply all 765 kV equipment for these two substations. The equipment will be manufactured locally in Alstom Grid's factories in Padappai, Pallavaram, Hosur and Noida. These factories are among the eight manufacturing units that were set-up in India to meet the growing need for advanced technologies as the transmission grid expands and voltages increase to extra and ultra high voltage levels (up to 1,200 kV).

Grégoire Poux-Guillaume, Alstom Grid President, declared, "We are grateful for the confidence Sterlite has shown in Alstom Grid's strong track record for delivery of locally made extra high voltage equipment and solutions. This project reinforces Alstom Grid's leading position for 765 kV in India, held since delivering the country's first 765KV substation at NTPC's Sipat power plant in January 2007."

*Important Note:

The high voltage activities described in this press release are under the operational control of Alstom Grid and carried out in India through Areva T&D India limited, a company publicly listed on the stock exchanges of India. On 7 June 2010, the global activities of Areva T&D were acquired by a consortium of Alstom and Schneider Electric. Following this acquisition, the High Voltage Transmission and the Power Electronics activities are to be carried on under the control of Alstom and the Medium Voltage activities under control of Schneider Electric.

In India on 3 December 2010, following the conclusion of a mandatory tender offer, Alstom and Schneider Electric announced that they had assumed operational control of Areva T&D India. The respective businesses will now be segregated in terms of a scheme of arrangement through a court process.

However, Areva T&D India will continue to operate under the Areva T&D name, until the appropriate judicial process has been completed according to Indian regulations.

SOURCE: Alstom