BHEL bags Rs 6.3 cr PowerGrid order

New Delhi, July 19: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured a Rs 6.3 crore order from PowerGrid for design, development and supply of higher rating porcelain disc insulators for applications in +800 kV ultra high voltage direct current (UHDVC) transmission lines.

The successful execution of the order will make BHEL the only supplier in the world of 420 kN and 320 kN porcelain disc insulators for +800 kV UHDVC application, a BHEL spokesman said here today.

The order envisages supply of 5,000 numbers each of 420 kN and 320 kN insulators by May 2008.

The disc insulators will be developed totally with in-house technology and facilities at BHEL's Electro Porcelain Division (EPD) Bangalore, in association with its Corporate Research and Development (R&D) division at Hyderabad.

The development of the insulators will enable BHEL to participate in PowerGrid's forthcoming and the first-ever +800 kV UHVDC transmission Line from Bishwanath Chiryaly, (North Eastern Region) to Agra.

The transmission line will be a major step ahead in implementing a bulk power transmission system in the country.

The interconnection is envisaged to bring surplus, low-cost power from the North Eastern Region to the power deficit states in the Northern region.

UNI