Alstom T&D India has bagged an order worth euro 7 million (Rs 560 million) from Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to monitor and control Sri Lanka's electricity transmission network. Alstom will supply its world-leading energy management system, e-terraplatform, to enable reliable, secure and efficient operation of Sri Lanka's hydro-thermal electricity system.
Under the project, Alstom will build in Colombo a new control centre-the National System control Centre, equipped with supervisory control, data acquisition, and energy management system. It will install and integrate 34 Remote Terminal Units (RTU) with the new system and integrate existing substation automation. Equipment will be manufactured from Alstom's Noida manufacturing facilities in India.
Rathin Basu, managing director of Alstom T&D India, said, "Alstom has provided similar systems for India, Bangladesh and Bhutan, making a solid contribution towards the transmission network development in the South Asian region, This project will witness the introduction of smart technologies in the Sri Lankan transmission grid."
