ABB Commissions World Highest Capacity Circuit Breaker
ABB has designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned a 1,200-kilovolt (kV) circuit breaker the highest AC voltage level in the world. Once the 1200 kV ultrahigh-voltage switchgear is fully operational, it will have a switching capacity of 10,400 megawatts - a switch capable of turning ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ the electricity generated by 10 large power plants or the combined average annual electrical load of Switzerland and Denmark, within milliseconds. The circuit breaker is deployed at the 1,200 kV national test station constructed by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), India’s central transmission utility, at Bina in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
L&T Wins Orders for Six Ships
L&T Construction has won new orders worth `1471 crores across various business segments in November & December 2013. In Power Transmission & Distribution Business, orders valued `686 crores have been received in both domestic & international markets. A major international order was bagged by Larsen & Toubro Saudi Arabia LLC, a fully owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited for construction of a 132 kV transmission line and connection of Al-Dawadmi S/S to the 132 kV Riyadh Network. The order includes construction of a 78 km new 132 kV Double Circuit Overhead Transmission Line; 7 km of reconductoring an existing 132 kV OHTL with Special Non-Gap Conductors of high current carrying capacity…
