Key Milestones

SOWING SEEDS

2006-2009

  • Power business acquired from Sterlite Industries Ltd.
  • Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (STL) forays into power transmission
  • Expanded power conductor manufacturing capacity

STRENGTHENING ROOTS

2010-2013

  • Sterlite Power (as a division of STL) awarded India’s first independent Power Transmission Project under Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB)
  • Set up power cable manufacturing facility in Haridwar, Uttarakhand
  • Awarded India’s first 765 kV private project – Bhopal Dhule Transmission Ltd. (BDTCL).
  • Established Master System Integrator (MSI) service line, in Gujarat gujarat energy transmission corporation limited (GETCO), West Bengal power grid corporation of India Limited, Telangana Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited (TSTRANSCO) and UP Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited (UPPTCL)
  • Awarded RAPP Transmission Company Ltd. (RTCL) project with 403 ckm in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and Purulia and Kharagpur Transmission Company Limited (PKTCL) with 545 ckm in Jharkhand and West Bengal

NURTURING GROWTH

2014-2015

  • Standard Chartered Private Equity infused an investment of `500 Crore (US$ 67.8 Million)
  • First inter-state project commissioned, East-North Interconnection Company Limited (ENICL) in Assam-West Bengal-Bihar
  • Awarded Northern Region Strengthening Scheme - 29 (NRSS-29), a project in the challenging terrain of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) with route length of 887 ckm
  • Commissioned second project Bhopal Dhule Transmission Company Limited in Bhopal-Dhule
  • Awarded Maheshwaram Transmission Company Limited project in Telangana. Taking total project count to seven
  • First private transmission developer to win an award from the Ministry of Power for early commissioning of 765/400 kV Dhule substation

SPREADING BRANCHES

2016-2017

  • First developer to commission a TBCB project, RTCL ahead of schedule
  • Commissioned the Jalandhar-Samba line – a key section of NRSS-29, the transmission corridor in Northern India, 12 months ahead of schedule
  • Raised India’s first AAA (SO) rated infrastructure bonds without Government guarantee for transmission projects
  • Invested in Finland-based Sharper Shape for UAV-based technology
  • Deployed helicranes to set up a power transmission line in the mountainous terrain of J&K in partnership with Erickson Inc.
  • Demerged from STL
  • Delivered India’s first Smart Line (a combination of high-performance conductors, optical ground wire and communication lines)
  • Won two projects in Brazil, becoming the first Indian transmission infrastructure developer to enter the global market
  • IndiGrid listed on Indian stock exchanges; Sterlite Power transferred two projects to IndiGrid
  • Won Novo Estado, the largest project in Brazil Transmission Auction, increasing the total Latin American transmission portfolio to US$1 Billion
  • Awarded the largest uprate and upgrade project in India
  • First customer onboarded on Sterlite’s MTCIL fibre network

EXPANDING WITH CONFIDENCE

2018-2019

  • Acquired 28.4% stake in transmission infrastructure business from Standard Chartered Private Equity for `1,010 Crore (US$ 137 Million)
  • Accreditation for OPGW facility- 17025:2005- from National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL)
  • Won the largest global order of ~`300 Crore (US$ 40.7 Million) from GS S Korea for supply of High-Performance Conductor (ACCC)
  • Won six new transmission projects in Brazil to take the total capex to US$2 Billion
  • Commissioned NRSS-29 ahead of schedule; the project was dedicated to the people of J&K by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
  • Successfully heralded ‘Zero Shutdown’ capability in India, with the reconductoring of a 66 kV transmission line in ‘live-line conditions’ in Bengaluru
  • Agreement with IndiGrid for sale of five transmission asset from Sterlite Power worth `11,500 Crore (US$ 1.6 Billion)
  • Bagged first underground MSI project with Geographic Information System (GIS) substation
  • Completed OGPTL project 10 months ahead of schedule
  • Won Pampa project, another prestigious transmission project in Brazil; taking Brazil project count to 10
  • Successfully commissioned Arcoverde – the first project in Brazil, 28 months ahead of schedule
  • Convergence business entered a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with Gurugram Smart City to build an intra city fibre network

2020

 

  • Achieved 3 Million safe person hours (April 2019 to March 2020) at MSI projects with zero harm
  • First to bring Live-Line Reconductoring Technology to India
  • Pioneers in robotic technology for OPGW stringing through SkyRobTM
  • Transforming long-span river-crossings with Aluminum Conductor Composite Core – Ultra Low Sag (ACCC ULS) Ganga innovation and design
  • Successful charging of Arcoverde, Brazil project, 28 months ahead of schedule
  • Successfully launched a Helicopter LIDAR survey on the Raigarh-Tamnar line of GTTPL project
  • Addition of three Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) projects worth ~`3,600 Crore, (US$ 488 Million) Western Region Strengthening Scheme - XIX (WRSS-XIX), North Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme - IX (NERSS-IX) and Western Region Strengthening Scheme - XXI (WRSS-XXI) to our portfolio
  • Awarded with ‘Safety in Electricity’ in Gold category at the Protection Brazil Awards 2019 for the use of drones and other technologies in crossing energised transmission lines
  • Declared ‘Platinum winner’ in the Earth & Environment Foundation (EEF) Global Sustainability Award 2019 for outstanding achievements in sustainability management
  • NRSS-29 chosen as Gold Winner in the IPMA Global Project Excellence Award 2019 for the mega-sized projects category
  • NRSS-29 awarded Construction Project of the Year at the S&P Global Platts Energy Awards 2019
  • Commissioned Gurgaon Palwal Transmission Project (GPTL)
  • Concluded sale of three Brazilian assets: Arcoverde, Novo Estado and Pampa
  • East-North Interconnection Company Limited (ENICL) flipped to IndiGrid