GE wins multiple orders for power gear from India
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GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has recently been awarded multiple orders to supply 765 kV transformers and reactors Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), India’s largest state-owned transmission company.
As part of the order, GE will provide 13 units of 765 kV transformers and 32 numbers of 765 kV reactors.
GE’s transformers and reactors will be installed in the new substations that will be set up in the Indian state of Rajasthan by PGCIL, to evacuate 8.1 gigawatts (GW) of power from the state’s solar energy zones under Phase-II of the Transmission System for evacuation of power from solar energy zones in Rajasthan project. This includes the evacuation of energy from four solar energy zones within Rajasthan for onward dispersal of power to various beneficiaries - 1.05 gigawatts (GW) from Bhadla, 2.2 gigawatts (GW) from Fatehgarh, 1.9 gigawatts (GW) from Ramgarh and 2.95 gigawatts (GW) from Bikaner.