All charged up

The power sector in the country is buzzing. Capacity addition and existing-equipment upgrade is an ongoing process that the nation's top power-transmission company Power Grid Corporation of India is rolling out. This financial, Power Grid has announced 57 per cent more orders, totalling Rs 19,100 crore. In June, last year, Power Grid awarded its largest order of the current financial valued at Rs 5,800 crore. This was an HVDC (high-voltage, direct current) order, part of its national energy-highways project to meet energy demand across the country and ease loads on the national grid. That order was awarded to a consortium of ABB (parent company), ABB (India) and BHEL. Diversity of orders Transmission lines took the cake last year, making up 37 per cent of the total orders. These were followed closely by sub-station orders, which constituted 35 per