Toshiba receives orders for Gas Insulated Switchgears
Toshiba receives orders for Gas Insulated Switchgears (GIS) for Outdoor Open Air Installation at New 2X500MVA substation at Xeldem in Goa and at 400kV Pooling Substations for Solar and Wind Renewable Project in Andhra Pradesh
Pune (Voice News Service): Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Private Limited (TTDI) today announced that it has received orders for 23 units of 400kV and 9 units of 220kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) for the development and enhancement of power transmission and distribution networks to the new 2X500MVA substation at Xeldem in Goa and pooling substations of solar and wind renewable project at Alamuru and Kodamuru at 400kV voltage levels. These GIS units will be manufactured at TTDI’s state-of-the-art facility near Hyderabad and the delivery to the site locations will start in May this year. These will be installed outdoors in open air environment.
Compared to Air Insulated Switchgear (AIS), GIS can reduce installation space, and is used in areas where it is difficult to secure land for large substations, such as crowded urban areas and coastal areas where deterioration of insulation is expected. In particular, the outdoor open air GIS does not need to build GIS building, making it possible to increase the number of GIS substations in a short period of time as the transmission and distribution network is developed and strengthened. Also, the outdoor open air GIS brings the full value of the GIS technology which supports early capitalization and return on revenue, alleviates challenges due to land shortages, remote and strategic locations, and other harsh environmental conditions. In addition, the outdoor GIS technology wherever applied mitigates risks of cost and time overruns, in addition to alleviating safety risks.
Toshiba has traditionally manufactured outdoor GIS with features that can withstand harsh external environments. Since 2017, TTDI has been manufacturing several types of GIS like 400kV, 220kV, 132kV and 66. Till now, TTDI has received orders for more than40 units of outdoor GIS. The proven high quality of these products has been highly evaluated.
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