Engineering major ABB India Ltd will upgrade 20 substations in the state of Himachal Pradesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas. According to the company, the substations will be equipped with the latest control and protection technology to enable future digitalization.

“The order, placed by the local state utility, Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd (HPSEB), supports India’s Smart Grid Vision and the government’s ambition of providing reliable power to the country’s most remote regions,” the company said.

Commenting on the order win, Sanjeev Sharma, Managing Director, ABB India, said, “we are thankful to our customer Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board for making ABB their partner of choice. ABB India has been partnering India’s National Smart Grid Mission with global technology solutions that are made in India to help customers transition to next level of digital growth.”

According to the company, it will deploy its ‘Relion’ electronic relays for the protection, control, measurement and supervision of power systems at all twenty substations.

Six of the substations will also be equipped with the company’s ‘MicroSCADA’ (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system, which will ensure the optimized control and reliable operation of the substation through seamless integration and connectivity between different devices and systems.

“Both products are a part of the company’s ‘ABB Ability’, its industry-leading portfolio of digital solutions, which help turn data insights into actionable intelligence,” ABB India said.

The company will also deliver one of India’s first fully operational digital substations for the nation’s largest IT Park in Kerala, it added.

Based in Bengaluru, ABB India is a pioneering technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally.

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