Siemens secures Rs1380 crore order from Adani

02 May 2009

Siemens, leader in electrical and electronics engineering solutions, bagged on Thursday an order worth Rs1,380 crore from Adani Power Ltd.(APL), a unit of Adani Enterprises, for constructing a 1000 km power transmission system from Mundra in Gujarat to Mohindergarh in Haryana.

The joint order is awarded to Siemens Ltd, the Indian arm, which got a share of 720 crore, and its parent German company Siemens AG getting the remaining 660 crore.

Siemens AG managing board member Wolfgang Dehen and Adani Enterprises CEO (power transmission) R.K. Madan signed the agreement.

The transmission line will carry power from APL's Mudra power plant to the power deficit state of Haryana. The first phase of the project is scheduled to be commissioned in February, 2011 and the second phase in July, 2011.

The contract involves installation of a bipolar 500 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system of 2500 MW capacity including the turnkey execution of complete HVDC terminal stations at Mudra and Mohindergarh and associated electrode stations and a repeater station midway.

Major deliveries include 500 kV converter transformers, thyristor valves, filter equipments, AC / DC switchgears and other mechanical auxiliaries. In addition, Siemens will execute all related marine and inland transportation and civil works and commission the transmission system.