ABB wins Indian power order

ABB, the Swiss-based power and automation technology group, has won orders worth US$74mn to provide power equipment for JSW Energy. The equipment will be utilised to optimise the operations of a new power plant in Ratnagiri, in the state of Maharashtra, western India.

ABB's Indian organisation will provide systemic management of the plant's electrical balance and energy consumption, a gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation that will occupy just one-fifth of the land usually required for a conventional substation, and generator transformers to reduce life cycle costs and minimise electrical losses.

"We are proud of our long-standing partnership with the JSW Group and intend to build on the relationship with this new order,” comments Peter Leupp, head of ABB’s power systems division. “ABB’s power products and systems will ensure safe and reliable operation of the plant while optimizing energy consumption of the plant.”

JSW Energy is part of the JSW Group, an Indian conglomerate with interests in the steel, power, cement, aluminium, software and infrastructure industries.

The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs more than 110,000 people.