Areva T&D India has delivered a national load dispatch centre (NLDC) as part of a 172 MINR contract with Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) Ltd.

This represents the third largest national control center delivered by Areva T&D India in the region.

The project has established a co-ordinated network management and control system between existing BPC substations, the Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC), other generating stations and the Indian national grid.

Under the terms of the contract, Areva T&D India has delivered its world-leading e-terra suite of network management software applications to enable BPC to improve power reliability, and better utilise power surplus.

The software will also coordinate Bhutan's power exchange with the rest of the Indian grid

The fully automated energy management system has a scalable architecture that will allow BPC to easily adapt new smart grid technologies as needed, Areva T&D said in a release.