KEC International secures orders worth Rs. 371 crore

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

24 January, 2012 KEC International Ltd. (KEC) has secured two new orders worth Rs. 371 crore for the construction of transmission lines in India. The first order valued at Rs. 258 crore has been received from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL). The order is for the supply and......

Power Grid to get USD 400 million funding from IFC

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

5 March, 2012 Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. is likely to get USD 400 million (over Rs 1,980 crore) funding from the International Finance Corp for undertaking electricity transmission projects in the country. The proposed funding would make up for 15 per cent of the national power transmission company’s......

Jharkhand signs transmission pact worth Rs. 1350 crore

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March 19, 2012March 27, 2012

28 February, 2012 The Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) signed an agreement with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) to lay transmission lines across the state at a cost of Rs 1,350 crore. The agreement stated that the entire task of laying the 400KVA, 220KVA and 132KVA transmission lines......

Diamond Power gets Rs. 93.44 crore Transmission Conductor Order

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

6 March, 2012 Diamond Power Infrastructure Ltd. said it had secured an order for Rs. 93.44 crore for supply of 2,948 KM Moose Conductor for 400kV D/C (Quad) Salem (New) Somanhalli Transmission Line under transmission system associated with Southern Region System strengthening. The order is to be executed over a......

L&T gets over 500 crore for transmission lines

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

4 March, 2012 Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Power Transmission & Distribution division secured orders totaling Rs. 514 crore, including contracts from Power Grid Corporation of India for the construction of a 765-kV double circuit transmission line from Varanasi to Kanpur and 400-kV double circuit lines from Varanasi to Saranath and......

Karcham Wangtoo-Abdullapur Transmission line Opened

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

6 March, 2012 The 217 Kms long, 400 kV D/C (quad conductor) Karcham Wangtoo-Abdullapur Transmission line built by Jaypee Powergrid Limited (JPL), was successfully synchronized with the Northern Regional Grid of POWERGRID. This transmission line connects Wangtoo switchyard of Jaypee’s 1000 MW Karcham Wangtoo Hydro Electric Project with 400/220 kV......

PowerGrid to get Rs 5,000 crore LoC from SBI

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

11 February, 2012 PowerGrid Corp said it is likely to get a Rs. 5,000 crore line of credit (LoC) from the State Bank of India. The State Bank has in principle agreed to extend a line of credit worth Rs 5,000 crore. This is part of the company’s target of......

RInfra’s New Transmission Line For Mumbai Commissioned Successfully

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

16 February, 2012 Reliance Infrastructure Limited’s Mumbai Transmission Division has successfully commissioned its new transmission link on Maharashtra State Transmission Company Limited’s (MSETCL) Boisar – Borivali Transmission line that brings power to Mumbai from outskirts of the city. The new 220kV Loop In Loop Out (LILO) line, constructed near Ghodbunder,......

Sterlite had won 3 UMTP projects worth Rs 4000 crores, namely ENICL, BDTCL and JTCL

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March 19, 2012March 28, 2012

19 January, 2012 Sterlite Grid Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sterlite Technologies Limited, announced placement of orders for its 765 kV transmission lines with M/s KEC Ltd and Simplex Infrastructure Ltd. The scope of these orders includes engineering, supply and construction of 765kV transmission lines terminating at Bhopal and......

Ducab: Towering High with New HV Factory

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January 19, 2012July 22, 2013

Ducab HV Opening Ducab, jointly owned by public sector entities Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) and General Holding Corporation (GHC), (50% each), has one of the most modern manufacturing units in the region. It occupies an area of 590,000 square meters in Jebel Ali, Dubai and nearly 330,000 square meters......