Power and automation technology group ABB has won orders worth around Rs 119 crore to provide plant electrification, automation and substation solutions for solar power plants.
Spread across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, these projects will connect over 850 megawatts (MW) of solar energy to the grid and will be among the biggest solar projects worldwide, ABB said in a filing to the BSE.
The most significant of these projects, placed by the Adani Group is the 648-MW solar plant in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu. ABB will provide a turnkey solution encompassing the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the power plant electrification and automation systems, pooling stations and multiple substations.
This includes two 230 kilovolt (kV) and three 110 kV substations to connect the electricity generated to the local grid.
“ABB has supported India’s power infrastructure development through the decades and we are pleased to facilitate the country’s push for solar energy,” Claudio Facchin, president of ABB’s Power Systems division, said.
“Solar projects usually have tight completion schedules mandated by governments, and every state has unique utility standards and varying technical schemes. Being a part of the Kamuthi solar project affirms ABB’s position as a source-to-socket renewables provider with technical and execution expertise,” N Venu, President Power Systems, ABB India, added.
Shares of ABB were trading down by 1.31 per cent at Rs 1,137.90 on the BSE.