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wiredInUSA - September 2014 31 EUROPE NEWS
India’s state-run Power Grid Corporation
has awarded a contract to Alstom for an
ultra-high voltage direct current transmission
link between Haryana and Chhattisgarh.
This new 3,000MW transmission link will run
parallel to the first UHVDC transmission link,
built by Alstom in 2012, to increase the
total transmission capacity of the system to
6,000MW. The link will transfer power from
the Chhattisgarh region to the load center
in the northern region of the country, Alstom
said.
The contract will include converter
terminal stations, converter transformers,
gas-insulated switchgear, substation
equipment, and communication and
supervisory control and data acquisition
systems (SCADA), and all equipment will
be manufactured by Alstom’s facilities in
India, United Kingdom, France and Italy.
Elsewhere in India, Alstom has supplied
HVDC systems for Vizag (Andhra Pradesh),
Chandrapur (Maharashtra) and Sasaram
(Bihar).
Indian link
Over the past four years, ArcelorMittal
has invested around $267 million at its
site in Duisburg, Germany, of which
$180 million was spent on a new wire
rod mill. The rod mill can process high
strength and ultra high strength steels,
using the latest technologies to enable
thermo-mechanical rolling processes.
A new factory laboratory has also been
installed alongside the rod mill, for quality
control.
Further investment includes the
changeover to a symmetrical format for
a continuous casting line. The new format
will produce high quality steel ingots
suitable for automotive forgings, such as
gearbox parts and crankshafts that create
less vibration and therefore reduce noise
emissions.
ArcelorMittal’s Duisburg site supplies
semi-products for forging, as well as
high strength and ultra-high strength
wire rods for the automotive industry
and renewable energy applications, for
fastening elements and machine building.
Mill improvements