Linxon has completed construction of a 400kV AIS substation at Chandauti (Gaya) in Bihar for Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), Linxon said in a release.
The substation was built for Powergrid Mithilanchal Transmission Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PGCIL, which is developing a transmission scheme in eastern India, under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism.
This newly-commissioned substation is part of a network comprising of three more substations and transmission lines also being constructed by PMTL. Chandauti has been the first segment in this network to be commissioned, Linxon said.
The 400/220/132kV, 3×500 MVA Chandauti substation consists of 14 bays of 400kV, 12 bays of 220kV and 8 bays of 132kV, constructed as a part of India’s Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme (ERSS) to meet the load demand of Bihar, up to 11,000 mw.
“We wish to congratulate POWERGRID for this successful commissioning and thank them for expressing confidence with Linxon. We also want to thank everyone who has been associated with this project, achieving the successful completion of the project in difficult times”, said Dinesh Chadha, Managing Director of Linxon in India.
The project reached its peak construction in March 2020, but work was disrupted as India witnessed the lockdown due to COVID- 19. The project team with help of PGCIL and local authority could restart the work gradually maintaining the mandatory COVID-19 protocol throughout the construction and the substation was operational in April 2021.
Power demand in Bihar
Power demand in Bihar is expected to increase substantially in the upcoming years which will require substantial investment in their transmission system. Detailed load flow studies have indicated the need for two new 400/220/132kV substations in North Bihar at Sitamarhi and Saharsa and one 400/220/132kV substation in South Bihar at Chandauti (Gaya) along with augmentation of the 400/132kV Motihari substation. The Chandauti substation will play an important role in supporting the network and with support of PGCIL, it will be the first part of the system that could be commissioned, Linxon said.
(Featured photograph, sourced from Linxon, is actual project image of the newly-commissioned 400kV Chandhauti AIS substation in Bihar.)
