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Siemens to Modernize State Power Distribution

  • Siemens Ltd's infrastructure & cities sector has won a significant order worth around Rs130 crore from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL). The contract is for the modernization of MSEDCL's electricity distribution management system. Apart from improving reliability of the distribution network and minimizing distribution losses, the solution is a major step forward towards Smart Grid.

  • Siemens will manage the entire project in addition to the development, manufacture, implementation and commissioning of SCADA/DMS supervisory control centers for eight cities under the Restructured Accelerated Power Development Reforms Program (R-APDRP) of Government of India. The project is scheduled to be commissioned by June 2013. The eight cities are: Greater Mumbai, Pune, Nasik, Amravati, Malegaon, Sangli, Solapur and Kolhapur. Dr Armin Bruck, MD, Siemens Ltd. said, “A vast majority of people in India have limited access to reliable power and the nation needs sustainable solutions to solve its power deficiency.

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