The company plans to set up waste heat recovery-based power plant with 7 MW capacity at Boincheruvupalli Village, Peapully Mandal, dist. Kurnool. This project will be set up at the existing cement plant. Funding is planned through debt and internal accruals. The contract is awarded to Thermax Ltd. The work is likely to start by March 2016.

The company is looking to assign construction works of Head Race Tunnel (Balance Works) Package for Tapovan Vishnugad Hydro Electric Power Project (4x130 MW) on the River Dhauliganga in Chamoli District. Bids are currently invited.

The company is selected to lead the smart grid pilot project by Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd (HPSEBL). This pilot project will be located at the Kala Amb industrial area of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India and will serve over 1,500 consumers. This will be the second out of fourteen projects under the Indian Ministry of Power’s flagship “Smart Grid Pilot” programme. Alstom will design, develop and implement an integrated set of smart grid applications targeting power quality issues, managing peak demand, power outages and limiting violations at distribution network nodes.

The company has got contract worth from Power Grid to supply two Gas-Insulated Substations (GIS). The two substations will be located at Betul in Madhya Pradesh and Navsari in Gujarat. Both substations will be completely manufactured in India, making this Power Grid’s first ‘Make in India’ 400 kV GIS.

The company has got three orders from Bihar State Power Transmission Company Ltd (BSPTCL) to build two 220 kV and four 132 kV air insulated substations (AIS). These substations aim to enhance the capacity of power evacuation systems and improve the power situation. The substations will strengthen the transmission network at 220 kV level with a potential to be further upgraded to 400 kV in future. Alstom T&D India will construct the 220/132/33 kV turnkey substations as well as the two units of associated 132 kV bay extension in Supaul. Alstom will provide control and relay panel based on the SCADA system, for 16 units of 220 kV bays, 39 units of 132 kV bays plus 52 units of 33 kV bays and other auxiliary equipment. All major equipment will be supplied from Alstom T&D India’s manufacturing facilities.

OPGC is looking forward to select the mine developer cum operator (MDO) soon for extracting coal from Manoharpur blocks. So far, the work order is issued for a Merry Go Round System (MGR) for the coal mines.

PGCIL is setting up 150 km 765 kV D/C Chittorgarh-Ajmer transmission lines project. The contract is awarded to Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd.The work has started and completion is targeted by March 2016.

The Indian subsidiary of Danfoss plans to set up a mobile hydraulics plant in Pune. It will manufacture products like electronic controls, pumps and valves, motors, sensors and transmitters, among others. The investment on this project will be Rs.118 crore.

Plans to undertake development of Shanti Sagar pumped storage hydel power project with a capacity of 270 MW (2x135 MW) at Basavarajpur (V) in Davanagere district in Karnataka. The company is awaiting land allotment. The hydel power project is slated to be completed by November 2022.