#India

L&T Construction’s Power Transmission & Distribution has secured several major contracts in several regions.

Adani Energy Solutions Limited has fully commissioned the Warora Kurnool Transmission line, spanning 1,756 circuit kilometres across Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.

The Indian central government has approved the construction of a 5 GW renewable energy transmission line from Ladakh to Kaithal in Haryana.

In a bid to meet rising power demand, Tantransco is all set to inaugurate two 765 kV substations in north Chennai and Ariyalur by November.

The 400 kV Kharghar-Vikhroli line will bring additional 1,000 MW of reliable power to Mumbai.

With an increasing population and a proportional rise in power demand, the Noida Authority plans to build eight new substations of 33/11KV (kilovolt) capacity each by the next year.

Servokon Systems Ltd has announced its plan to invest over $24 million in setting up a new manufacturing facility in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh.

Nepal has exported electricity worth Rs 5,43 billion ($40,6 million) to India in the first two months of the current fiscal year.

India and Nepal approved plans to enhance their cross-border transmission infrastructure to boost electricity trade.

MP Transco has installed a new additional power transformer of 50 MVA capacity in the 220 KV substation of Pithampur Sector-3, Industrial Area.

India’s KEC International has won $138 M Saudi NEOM power contract.

The first underground power transformer in India was installed in the city of Bengaluru.

Caltrain energizes second power substation; in Texas, transformers are delivered with the help of a heavy haulier company; while in India, a new transformer alleviates increased electricity needs.

Nepal plans to increase the export of electricity to neighbouring India from 450 MW to 10,000 MW in the next 10 years.

India, Hinjawadi, Pune: thyssenkrupp has announced the inauguration of its new facility for the Technology Center in India (TCI) in Hinjawadi, Pune.

India, Madhya Pradesh: State power utility Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company Ltd (MPPTCL) has improved the capacity of its 220 kV Chichli substation.

India, Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company Ltd (MPPTCL) has announced energising the state’s first 220 kV, 50 MVAR bus reactor.

India, Punjab: Hartek Power Pvt Ltd has installed and commissioned a 400 kV/125 MVAr reactor at the 400/220 kV Dhuri substation in Punjab.

German development bank KfW has approved a loan intended for the development of a power transmission project supporting renewable energy projects in India.

India, Jharkhand, Godda: Adani Power Ltd (APL) has announced the commissioning of the first unit of its 2×800-MW thermal power plant at Godda in Jharkhand.

India, Mumbai: Siemens Ltd and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) have formed a consortium that has won a tender for a Mumbai Metro rail electrification project.

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) recently announced that it has completed an intrastate power transmission scheme in Uttar Pradesh.

Larsen & Toubro, has received orders to supply gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substations to new renewable energy parks in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.

India, Arunachal Pradesh: Patel Engineering Ltd, in the joint venture, has won a civil works package relating to a 2,880 MW Dibang multipurpose project in Arunachal Pradesh.