BHEL partners with Power Grid Corporation of India

Hyderabad: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) in partnership with ABB secured a landmark order from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. BHEL’s scope of work is valued at Rs 1,360 crore for setting up a +800kV 6,000 MW HVDC Link between the Western Region Grid (Raigarh and Chhattisgarh) and the Southern Region Grid (Pugalur and Tamil Nadu). 
 
This project of national importance would bring relief to the power deficit Southern Grid. The HVDC link is expected to be established by 2019. For this project, among other equipment and systems, BHEL would significantly contribute by supplying converter transformers, shunt reactors etc. 

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