Alstom Grid, through its Indian
subsidiary Areva T&D India
Ltd, has been awarded a
contract by Bhutan Power
Corporation Ltd to deliver a National
Load Dispatch Center (NLDC). This
NLDC represents the third largest
national control center delivered by
Alstom Grid in the region.
The project established a
coordinated 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, Alstom
delivers its world-leading e-terra
suite of network management
software applications to enable BPC
to improve power reliability and
stability, and better utilize 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.
Alstom Grid's smart transmission
technology manages today an
important part of the electricity in
the region, and in particular 70 per
cent of the power flow in India's Grid.
Previous references in the region
include the successful deliveries of the
NLDC in both India and Bangladesh.
The high voltage activities outlined
above are under the operational
control of Alstom Grid and carried
out in India through Areva T&D
India Ltd.