February 20, 2014

ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $56 million from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWERGRID), India’s central power transmission utility, to supply power transformers and shunt reactors for substations being built to support the country’s ultrahigh voltage transmission grid development. The orders were booked in the fourth quarter of 2013 and in the first quarter of 2014. Fourteen 500 megavolt ampere (MVA), 765 kilovolt (kV) ultrahigh voltage single-phase auto-transformers based on ABB’s proven technology will be installed at greenfield substations being constructed at Kanpur and Varanasi. These substations, will receive power from the neighbouring states of Jharkhand and West Bengal and distribute it in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to meet the growing demand in the region. U.P. is India’s most populous state with more than 200 million citizens and one of the largest states in the country comparable in size to the United Kingdom.

ABB will also supply 26 units of 80 MVA and 10 units of 110 MVA, 765 kV ultrahigh voltage single-phase shunt reactors for four substations being built in southern and eastern India. “These transformers and shunt reactors will help enhance grid reliability and ensure the highest standards of efficiency with reduced life-cycle costs”, said Bernhard Jucker, head, ABB’s Power Products Division.