BHEL wins its biggest 765kV substation order

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has won its single-largest order for 765kV substations, the PSU engineering firm said in a release.

The order, valued at Rs.350 crore, was placed by Powergrid Medinipur-Jeerat Transmission Ltd (PMJTL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. The EPC mandate involves setting up two 3,000 MVA 765/400kV substations, at Mednipur and Jeerat, both in West Bengal.

The substations are slated to be commissioned within a schedule of 30 months. The project shall be engineered and delivered by BHEL on total turnkey basis, BHEL said in a statement.

PMJTL is a special purpose vehicle that is developing the Eastern Region System Strengthening Scheme (ERSS)-XVIII on BOOM basis. The transmission scheme envisages strengthening transmission links to important load centres of West Bengal.