CG installs ZIV Substation Automation System at Latin America’s largest photovoltaic power plant

CG installs ZIV Substation Automation System at Latin America’s largest photovoltaic power plant

•   Complete 61850 Substation Automation System (SAS) and associated engineering
•   Intelligent Electrical Devices (IED), system integration, commissioning, and training

Avantha Group Company CG’s Automation Business Unit (BU), through the Spanish contractor Isastur, has installed, in the Llanos de LLampo substation, in Chile, a complete 61850
SAS based on ZIV protection IEDs and a SAS gateway, providing also the associated engineering, system integration, commissioning, and training services. The size of the order is 500.000 Euros.
SunEdison’s 100‐Megawatt Llano de Llampos substation is located in the Atacama Desert in Chile. It distributes the energy generated by the largest Solar Photovoltaic Plant in Latin America (100 MW). The Substation’s PV modules transform sunlight radiation into  direct current (DC) electric power after converting it to alternating current (AC) by means of an inverter. This power is then distributed through the Sistema Interconectado Central High Voltage (HV) power lines.
After acquiring ZIV, CG is a key provider and an important player in the global smart grid market where it offers ZIV meters, protections, communication and automation solutions. CG offers innovative Substation Automation Systems (SAS) and Distribution Automation Solutions (DAS) commercialized under the ZIV® brand. ZIV has successfully been working in Latin America for the last 16 years supplying its IEDs and Systems to the main Utilities in the Region.

Speaking about this SAS project, Mr. Alejandro Vega, Isastur project Manager at Llano de Campos, said “ZIV played a key role in the successful commissioning of the 61850 Substation Automation System, meeting both delivery time and budget. They have continually displayed their technical ability to ensure minimum deviations throughout the commissioning period. We are very satisfied with the supplied ZIV
61850 SAS and with the service provided all the way from tender to commissioning.”
Speaking about this project, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO & Managing Director, Laurent Demortier said: “As a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy, this installation reaffirms our strengths in several areas ‐ our expertise in automation technology, our expertise in transmission and distribution of power from renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic power plants, and our expertise and presence in Latin America. It is another milestone in our global
 
expansion and a vital component of our plans to gain expertise in technologies that cover the entire power spectrum – from generation, to automated transmission and distribution, to final consumption.”

About CG

Avantha Group Company CG is a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy. With more than 15,000 employees across its operations in around 85 countries, CG provides electrical products, systems and services for utilities, power generation, industries, and consumers. The company is organized into four business groups: Power, Industrial, Automation, and Consumer. CG clocks US$ 2.3 billion in revenues from product lines that cover the entire value chain of engineering offerings.
For more information on CG, please visit: www.cgglobal.com.

About Avantha

The Rs. 25,000 crores (US$4bn) Avantha Group is one of India’s leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities in diversified sectors include Crompton Greaves (power transmission and distribution equipment and services), BILT (paper and pulp), The Global Green Company Limited (food processing), Biltech Building Elements Limited (infrastructure), Avantha Power (energy), Salient Business Solutions Limited (IT and ITES), Jg Glass (glass containers)
With a global footprint, the Group operates in 90 countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. Led by Gautam Thapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and investors.

For more information on Avantha, please visit www.avanthagroup.com.
For further information, please contact:
Ms. Paula Sengupta
Global Head Communications
CG (Crompton Greaves Limited)
CG House, 10th floor
Worli, Mumbai 400 030, India  
T: +91 22 24237516 / 67558771
paula.sengupta@cgglobal.com

Mrs Shravani Dang
Vice President & Group Head of Corporate Communications
Avantha Group
Thapar House, 124 Janpath
New Delhi 110001
Phone: 011 41699282
Email: s.dang@avanthagroup.com 
          
Itziar Lasaosa
CG Automation Communications Manager
PT Zamudio, 210. Zamudio. Bizkaia. Spain.
T+34 625709727
i.lasaosa@ziv.es

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Avantha Group Company CG’s Automation Business Unit

CG to supply ZIVSubstation Automation Systems to monitorand improve PGCIL’stransmission capacityin Jharkhand,India

•   Supply of six 220/132/33 kV Substation Automation Systems
•   Manufacture and supply ZIV protection relays and systems
•   CG’s first SAS order from PGCIL

Avantha Group Company CG’s Automation Business Unit has bagged a deal from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) to supply six Substation Automation Systems (SAS) in Jharkhand, India. The SAS, which will be jointly managed with CG’s Engineering Projects Division, India, is intended to help monitor and improve PGCIL’s transmission capacity across the state.

The deal involves supplying six 220/132/33 kV ZIV 61850 SAS to Govindpur, Manoharpur, Jaduguda, Dalbhumgarh, Jamtara, and Rourkela in Jharkhand, India. The order includes the manufacture and supply of ZIV protection and control relays, automation systems and engineering services. CG intelligent substation automation solutions are a key element to develop a safer and more efficient network.
The company’s cost‐effective substation automation solutions based on open standards simplify future expansion and maintainability and minimise lifetime costs. CG will utilise resources at its automation unit in Bangalore to provide local support during commissioning services. CG’s new site in Bangalore houses India’s first‐ever, state‐of‐the‐art facility for manufacturing Intelligent Electronic Devices and systems, both for Substation Automation and Smart Grid applications. CG will bring automation technologies and solutions that have been proven in similar climatic conditions in countries like Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.
After acquiring ZIV, CG is a key provider and an important player in the global smart grid market where it offers ZIV metering, protection, communication and automation solutions. CG offers innovative Substation Automation Systems (SAS) and Distribution Automation Solutions (DAS) commercialized under the ZIV® brand.

CG’s other business dealing with PGCIL is its maiden order for the manufacture of 765kV transformers. PGCIL, one of the largest power transmission utilities in the world, is developing a robust Integrated National Grid and participating in the Indian Government’s flagship programme, ‘Power for all’. Through the execution of this order, CG will qualify as a complete solutions provider which can build an intelligent integrated SAS, engineered around high‐end technology products. CG aims to widen its Substation Automation and Smart Grid offer spectrum and play a major role in strengthening the country’s power networks.
 
Speaking on the PGCIL order, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO and Managing Director, Laurent Demortier, said: “We thank PGCIL for this order. We are proud to bring state‐of‐the‐art automation technology to PGCIL to contribute to a safer, efficient and stable grid. The substation automation systems delivered to PGCIL are part of the Smart Grid offering that CG has acquired following the acquisition of ZIV in 2012.”
About CG
Avantha Group Company CG is a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy. With more than 15,000 employees across its operations in around 85 countries, CG provides electrical products, systems and services for utilities, power generation, industries, and consumers. The company is organized into four business groups: Power, Industrial, Automation, and Consumer. CG clocks US$ 2.3 billion in revenues from product lines that cover the entire value chain of engineering offerings.
CG’s Automation headquarters located in Bilbao, Spain, hosts the center of excellence for the development of CG’s smart grid solutions commercialized under the ZIV® brand.
For more information on CG, please visit: www.cgglobal.com.

About Avantha

The Rs. 25,000 crores (US$4bn) Avantha Group is one of India’s leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities in diversified sectors include Crompton Greaves (power transmission and distribution equipment and services), BILT (paper and pulp), The Global Green Company Limited (food processing), Biltech Building Elements Limited (infrastructure), Avantha Power (energy), Salient Business Solutions Limited (IT and ITES), Jg Glass (glass containers)
With a global footprint, the Group operates in 90 countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. Led by Gautam Thapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and investors.

For more information on Avantha, please visit www.avanthagroup.com.
For further information, please contact:
Ms. Paula Sengupta
Global Head Communications
CG (Crompton Greaves Limited)
CG House, 10th floor
Worli, Mumbai 400 030, India  
T: +91 22 24237516 / 67558771
paula.sengupta@cgglobal.com

Mrs Shravani Dang
Vice President & Group Head of Corporate Communications
Avantha Group
Thapar House, 124 Janpath
New Delhi 110001
Phone: 011 41699282
Email: s.dang@avanthagroup.com

Itziar Lasaosa
CG Automation Communications Manager
PT Zamudio, 210. Zamudio.
Bizkaia. Spain. T+34 625709727
itziar.lasaosa@cgglobal.com

CG wins USD 29 million order to upgrade the Indonesian Electricity grid

CG wins USD 29 million order to upgrade the  Indonesian Electricity grid

∙  Transformers to be manufactured in CG’s state‐of‐the‐art factory at Bogor, Indonesia
∙  New order will reduce PT PLN’s import dependence
∙  Order consolidates CG’s position in South‐East Asian market

Avantha Group Company CG’s Power Transformer plant at Indonesia has won an order worth USD 29 million from PT PLN Indonesia to supply Extra High Voltage transformers for its Indonesian electricity transmission network.The order involves supply of 500kV,275kV and 150kV power transformers, which will be installed across PT PLN’s transmission network in Java and Sumatra islands.

PT PLN (Perusahaan Listrik Negara) is the sole Indonesian government‐owned corporation in electricity generation,transmission and distribution in Indonesia.Through   deployment of CG’s power transformers, PT PLN will be able to lessen its dependence on import of heavy equipment, while simultaneously executing timely implementation of its transmission network strengthening programme.

CG’s power transformers maximise space utility with their compact design and achieve optimum energy efficiency through low levels of losses. The reduced degree of noise and partial discharge also make the transformers a preferred choice for strengthening transmission networks.
The manufacturing of the new orders from PT PLN will be undertaken at CG’s world‐class transformer factory located in Bogor,Indonesia.The facility is equipped to  design, manufacture and test transformers up to 550kV class locally in Indonesia.

The new order shows increased trust by PT PLN in CG’s manufacturing expertise in this segment and will further bolster its position as a key provider of high‐voltage transformers in the South East Asian market.The order comes on the back of CG’s successful completion of a similar first order in September
2013.

Speaking about the latest order, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO & Managing Director, Laurent Demortier, said: “I would like to thank PT PLN Indonesia for placing its continued trust in CG’s energy products and technological expertise in the Ultra High Voltage (UHV) and Extra High Voltage (EHV) segments. Indonesia is a key strategic geography for CG, and the order sanctions the large investment done to bring state‐of‐the‐art EHV solutions to the country. CG will be able to exclusively cater to the localised needs of PT PLN through its exhaustive range of power transformers in Indonesia. In line with CG’s export strategy the Indonesian plant will cater to markets such as Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and South America.”

About CG

Avantha Group Company CG is a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy. With more than 15,000 employees across its operations in around 85 countries, CG provides electrical products, systems and services for utilities, power generation, industries, and consumers. The company is organized into four business groups: Power, Industrial, Automation, and Consumer. CG clocks US$ 2.3 billion in revenues from product lines that cover the entire value chain of engineering offerings.
CG’s Automation headquarters located in Bilbao, Spain, hosts the center of excellence for the development of CG’s smart grid solutions commercialized under the ZIV® brand.
For more information on CG, please visit: www.cgglobal.com.
About Avantha
The Rs. 25,000 crores (US$4bn) Avantha Group is one of India’s leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities in diversified sectors include Crompton Greaves (power transmission and distribution equipment and services), BILT (paper and pulp), The Global Green Company Limited (food processing), Biltech Building Elements Limited (infrastructure), Avantha Power (energy), Salient Business Solutions Limited (IT and ITES), Jg Glass (glass containers)
With a global footprint, the Group operates in 90 countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. Led by Gautam Thapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and investors.
For more information on Avantha, please visit www.avanthagroup.com.
For further information, please contact:

Ms. Paula Sengupta
Global Head Communications
CG (Crompton Greaves Limited)
CG House, 10th floor
Worli, Mumbai 400 030, India  
T: +91 22 24237516 / 67558771
paula.sengupta@cgglobal.com

Mrs Shravani Dang
Vice President & Group Head of Corporate Communications
Avantha Group
Thapar House, 124 Janpath
New Delhi 110001
Phone: 011 41699282
Email: s.dang@avanthagroup.com

Mr. Hemant Lakhotiya President SEA & Pacific Region PT CG Power Systems Indonesia
Alamanda Building, 18th floor,
JL TB Simatupang Kav 23‐24,
Jakarta 12430
Tel : +62 21 29660052
hemant.lakhotiya@cgglobal.com

Inflation targeting may keep rates elevated in CY 15

Statement by Mr.Yogesh Agarwal, MD and CEO of Avantha Group Company BILT

Inflation targeting may keep rates elevated in CY 15

•  Inflation targeting may prolong high interest rate cycle for CY 15 •  Growth and investment to be casualties of inflation targeting •  Elections, monsoon factors likely to act as policy trigger points •  See rates remaining elevated throughout most of CY 15

“We welcome the RBI’s move to keep the repo rate and the CRR on hold though a slash in the repo rate by atleast 25 bps would have brought in some positive momentum to the economy and added to the current market cheer.
While the RBI seems to be veering towards targeting consumer price inflation as its dominant guidepost, I believe this may result in a prolonged period of high rates this calendar without any real dampening of inflationary pressures. That’s because core consumer price inflation does not respond well to monetary measures. In such a situation, growth and investments could be casualties in an already fragile environment.
Going forward, much depends on non economic factors such as the elections which will be the main trigger come May. Risk of an El‐Nino exerting upward pressure on food prices can’t also be ruled out. Inflation, both CPI and WPI have come off their highs but if it stays the course even at these levels, then rates will not come down before the latter half of the current calendar year, if at all”.

About Avantha

The Rs. 25,000 crores (US$4bn) Avantha Group is one of India’s leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities in diversified sectors include Crompton Greaves (power transmission and distribution equipment and services), BILT (paper and pulp), The Global Green Company Limited (food processing), Biltech Building Elements Limited (infrastructure), Avantha Power (energy), Salient Business Solutions Limited (IT and ITES), Jg Glass (glass containers)
With a global footprint, the Group operates in 90 countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. Led by Gautam Thapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and investors.

For more information on Avantha, please visit www.avanthagroup.com.
For further information, please contact:

Mrs Shravani Dang
Vice President & Group Head of Corporate Communications
Avantha Group
Thapar House, 124 Janpath
New Delhi 110001
Phone: 011 41699282
Email: s.dang@avanthagroup.com

Avantha bags power deal in Paraguay

Avantha Group Company CG has signed a contract with the State Utility of Paraguay — Administracion Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) for the supply of 19 single and three phase transformers amounting to a total of 683.3 MVA, for expansion of the country’s 220 kV electricity networks.

Paraguay is one of the world’s largest exporters of electricity. It exports to neighbouring Brazil and Argentina. CG has been present in South America for the past two decades and is part of the Rs. 25,000 crore Avantha Group in India.

CG, which has a consolidated global manufacturing capacity of 95,000 MVA; 46,000 MVA in Asia, 31,000 MVA in Europe, and 18,000 MVA in North America, would manufacture these transformers in India, and supply them in three lots.

The contract was won under a competitive international public bidding process, the company said in a statement.

CG signs contract with ANDE Paraguay

Paraguay is one of the world’s largest exporters of electricity. It exports to neighboring Brazil and Argentina.

Avantha Group Company CG, signed a contract with the State Utility of Paraguay - Administracion Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) for  supply of 19 single and three phase transformers amounting to a total of 683.3 MVA, for expansion of the country’s 220 kV Electricity Network.  Paraguay is one of the world’s largest exporters of electricity.  It exports to neighbouring Brazil and Argentina.  CG has been present in South America for the past two decades. CG, which has a consolidated global manufacturing capacity of 95,000 MVA; 46,000 MVA in Asia, 31,000 MVA in Europe, and 18,000 MVA in North America, will manufacture these transformers in India and supply them in 3 lots. Spare parts, supervision of installation and commissioning, and on-site training, will also be provided. This contract was won under a competitive international public bidding process. The Paraguayan grid has 1.3 million customers and approx 32,000 kms of distribution lines. It has been growing @ 4% p.a. since 2009. This contract represents the strengthening of 10% of ANDE’s current transforming capacity. ANDE’s grid also faces difficulty due to distribution losses which are amongst the highest in the region. To assist in reducing those losses, and improving the grid’s energy efficiency, CG recently also won a contract for the manufacture, supply, and installation of 30,000 Smart Meters in that grid. As part of its global manufacturing capacity, in the America’s, CG has a greenfield power transformer plant and a distribution and medium power transformer plant with a combined capacity of 10,000 MVA in Washington, Missouri, an 8,000 MVA Power Transformer facility in Winnipeg, Canada, and an Extra High Voltage (EHV) Switchgear & Mobile substation manufacturing facility in Sapucaia do Sul in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This underlines the fact that CG is well positioned for serving the South American market and can provide its array of power Transmission & Distribution (T&D) products which includes Transformers, Extra High Voltage (EHV) equipment, Instrument Transformers (IT) , Medium Voltage (MV) Switchgear, Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS), Mobile Sub-stations, and Smart Grid devices, to Power Utilities and Industries in that region. Commenting on the contract, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO & Managing Director, Laurent Demortier said, “CG’s global expertise in power transmission and distribution is now making its presence felt in the South American region too. We are proud to be involved in this major project with ANDE, and become a key player in their grid expansion and modernization programme.  Our customers in the fast growing networks in that region can rest assured that we are fully equipped to meet all their demands with cutting edge quality and prompt deliveries.”

CG to Assist in Grid Expansion of One of the World’s Largest Electricity Exporters ANDE Paraguay

Avantha Group Company CG, signed a contract with the State Utility of Paraguay - Administracion Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) for  supply of 19 single and three phase transformers amounting to a total of 683.3 MVA, for expansion of the country’s 220 kV Electricity Network.  Paraguay is one of the world’s largest exporters of electricity.  It exports to neighbouring Brazil and Argentina.  CG has been present in South America for the past two decades.

CG, which has a consolidated global manufacturing capacity of 95,000 MVA; 46,000 MVA in Asia, 31,000 MVA in Europe, and 18,000 MVA in North America, will manufacture these transformers in India and supply them in 3 lots. Spare parts, supervision of installation and commissioning, and on-site training, will also be provided.

This contract was won under a competitive international public bidding process.

The Paraguayan grid has 1.3 million customers and approx 32,000 kms of distribution lines. It has been growing @ 4% p.a. since 2009. This contract represents the strengthening of 10% of ANDE’s current transforming capacity.

ANDE’s grid also faces difficulty due to distribution losses which are amongst the highest in the region. To assist in reducing those losses, and improving the grid’s energy efficiency, CG recently also won a contract for the manufacture, supply, and installation of 30,000 Smart Meters in that grid.

As part of its global manufacturing capacity, in the America’s, CG has a greenfield power transformer plant and a distribution and medium power transformer plant with a combined capacity of 10,000 MVA in Washington, Missouri, an 8,000 MVA Power Transformer facility in Winnipeg, Canada, and an Extra High Voltage (EHV) Switchgear & Mobile substation manufacturing facility in Sapucaia do Sul in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

This underlines the fact that CG is well positioned for serving the South American market and can provide its array of power Transmission & Distribution (T&D) products which includes transformers, Extra High Voltage (EHV) equipment, Instrument Transformers (IT) , Medium Voltage (MV) Switchgear, Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS), Mobile Sub-stations, and Smart Grid devices, to Power Utilities and Industries in that region.

Commenting on the contract, Avantha Group Company CG’s CEO & Managing Director, Laurent Demortier said, “CG’s global expertise in power transmission and distribution is now making its presence felt in the South American region too. We are proud to be involved in this major project with ANDE, and become a key player in their grid expansion and modernization programme.  Our customers in the fast growing networks in that region can rest assured that we are fully equipped to meet all their demands with cutting edge quality and prompt deliveries.”

 

About CG
Avantha Group Company CG is a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy. With more than 15,000 employees across its operations in around 85 countries, CG provides electrical products, systems and services for utilities, power generation, industries, and consumers. The company is organized into four business groups: Power, Industrial, Automation, and Consumer. CG clocks US$ 2.3 billion in revenues from product lines that cover the entire value chain of engineering offerings.

For more information on CG, please visit: www.cgglobal.com.

About Avantha

The Rs. 25,000 crores (US$4bn) Avantha Group is one of India's leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities in diversified sectors include Crompton Greaves (power transmission and distribution equipment and services), BILT (paper and pulp), The Global Green Company Limited (food processing), Biltech Building Elements Limited (infrastructure), Avantha Power (energy), Salient Business Solutions Limited (IT and ITES), Jg Glass (glass containers)
With a global footprint, the Group operates in 90 countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. Led by Gautam Thapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and investors.

For more information on Avantha, please visit www.avanthagroup.com.