Siemens wins order for India-Bangladesh SVDC link

Siemens has bagged an order worth 130 million euro (over Rs 978 crore) to set up a high voltage direct current (HVDC) link to connect power supply networks of India and Bangladesh. The power link is scheduled to come on line in the second half of 2018.

The company said, “Siemens has received an order for an HVDC( high voltage direct current) backtoback link to connect the power supply networks of India and Bangladesh. The order value is about Euro 130 million and the power link is scheduled to come on line in the second half of 2018.”

Siemens will be responsible for engineering, installing and commissioning of the complete HVDC system. The customer is power grid company of Bangladesh.