In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strategy of accelerating development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier and promote manufacturing, India on Monday decided to pursue major electricity transmission projects on its own in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim and boost localization of key technologies. A decision to this effect was taken by the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) for th ...

National Grid to enter Russia: China and Russia largest power grid planning joint Russia's largest power grid company – Russian Power Grid AG (Rosseti, hereinafter referred to as the Russian network) and China's largest power company State Grid Corporation (SGCC, hereinafter referred to as the national network) will be worth billions of dollars to expand cooperation in Russia. Both companies or signed on Oc ...

Alstom T&D India has secured a INR550m (€7m) contract to deliver power transformers for the 720MW Mangdechhu hydroelectric project in Bhutan. The contract with Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project Authority (MHPA) will see Alstom deliver 4 x 180MW transformers for the project, which is situated by the river Mangdechhu in Trongsa district, Bhutan. The deal will also see Alstom provide thirteen units of 75 MV ...

Alstom’s experience and expertise are once again the creative springboard towards technological developments, which combine invention and innovation for today and tomorrow’s electrical challenges. This year, Alstom experts are present to launch its latest innovations, set to transform the grid for a sustainable world. Technological launches include: • g3: Alstom is the first in the world to launch a clean a ...

Following the acquisition of Portugal two years ago, after the grid operator of the shares, at the end of the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has finalized the Italian grid shareholders shares trading, after the debt crisis in Europe to seize the energy companies and the privatization of state-owned assets shrink opportunities smoothly into the European conflict on foreign utility sector, an importan ...

Over the next decade, the world will need to invest between $140.2bn to $170.5bn per year on traditional transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure in order to keep pace with growth in electricity demand. An additional $8.0bn to $27.3bn will be invested annually in smart grid infrastructure to improve the efficiency and reliability of T&D grids, according to a new dataset published today by ...

Over the next decade, the world will need to invest between $140.2bn to $170.5bn per year on traditional transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure in order to keep pace with growth in electricity demand. An additional $8.0bn to $27.3bn will be invested annually in smart grid infrastructure to improve the efficiency and reliability of T&D grids, according to a new dataset published today by ...

Alstom T&D India today said it has bagged a Rs 200 crore order from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) for upgrading grid substations in eastern parts of the country. "Alstom T&D India has secured an order from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd...to supply transformers for the upgrade and expansion of 400/220 kv grid substations across eastern India," the company said in a statement. Also ...

The State Grid Corporation of China has made another foray into the overseas markets by inking a deal for a ultra-high voltage grid with Eletrobras, Brazil's largest state-owned power company, in Rio de Janeiro on July 17, reports the Chinese-language National Business News. Overseas assets of the State Grid Corporation have topped 100 billion yuan (US$16.1 billion), mainly in Brazil, Portugal, Australia, t ...

Alstom Grid has successfully energized the second High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) turnkey project in South Korea, following the first also delivered by Alstom in 1997. The newly energized project, awarded in 2009, establishes a 400 MW HVDC bi-directional transmission line between Jindo and the island of Jeju. With 50 million people, South Korea is an energy-intensive nation, ranked eleventh worldwide in ...