SPML Infra Ltd bagged a ₹3,186.41 crore contract from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (POWERGRID), which is a Maharatna CPSU, related to the expansion of the 765/400/220 kV Bhadla-III Substation & Ramgarh Pooling Station Project located in Rajasthan.


As per the company’s press release, this contract comes under the category of 765 kV AIS Extension Substation Package SS-155T. This project involves the construction and expansion of the power transmission systems through high capacity EHV transmission networks for strengthening the power transmission system of the renewable energy corridor in India.


Earlier, companies such as HARTEK’s Renewables Business Unit bagged a 400 MW utility scale solar EPC project in Rajasthan. This project entailed executing a project in two phases wherein two solar power plants having a capacity of 200 MW were constructed. Thus, the total capacity installed became 299.2 MWac/400 MWdc.


This project incorporates the expansion of two EHV substations namely Bhadla-III Substation & Ramgarh Pooling Station. Within this scope of work, SPML Infra will be responsible for conducting transmission system augmentation works at Bhadla-III, Ramgarh Pooling Station & Kanpur sites.