EPC division of Reliance Energy Limited has bagged two contracts worth approx Rs.12bn, for execution of 400 KV extra high voltage transmission system in the Transmission Companies (IPTC) – which are 100% owned companies of Reliance Power Transmission Limited.
The two contracts are for two projects named as Western Region System Strengthening Scheme (WRSSS) Project B and WRSSS Project C. The Project B covers about 1000 km of 400 kV double circuit transmission lines in Maharashtra, whereas Project C covers about 500 km in Gujarat . Two separate transmission license to this effect had been applied from Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission.
The nine lines comprising about 4300 towers made of approx. 60,000 tonnes of steel, 18,000 kms of conductor and about one mn insulators will be commissioned by the end of 2009. The project execution involves extensive survey, Right of Way (ROW) selection through the use of satellite mapping application for avoiding any adverse impact on nature or any existing installations.
REL's EPC division undertakes engineering, design, construction and execution of industrial projects in various fields like generation, transmission and distribution, mainly focusing on the power sector to achieve and set new benchmarks in the field of the power sector. |
