In view of space crunch in congested areas, power giant BSES has inducted first-of-its-kind 400 kVA pillar mounted, compact substation to a robust power distribution network in the national capital.

Delhi’s power demand has touched to 7323 MW in 2021compared to 7400 MW in 2019 and 2789 MW in 2002. “Discoms are often facing challenges in network augmentation, primarily on account of non availability of sufficient space for installing and laying new power infrastructure. It affects discoms’ ability to meet the increasing power demand as the existing distribution infrastructure gets over-loaded,” sources in power distribution companies said.

“The BSES has been regularly exploring all possibilities to find cost-effective, innovative and workable solutions for addressing the issues of space constraints.

Such innovations are expected to help the discom in maintaining reliable power-supply even in congested areas with space constraints,” a senior BSES official said.

“In the latest instance, it has commissioned a first-of-its-kind 400 kVA pillar mounted compact sub-station, scalable to 630 kVA, in Vasant Kunj in South Delhi. This aesthetically designed distribution transformer takes almost 1/5th the space of a conventional transformer – 4.09 sq mts vis-à-vis 20 sq mts for a conventional transformer.

The official said that the second such pillar mounted transformer will be installed in Nehru Place. Developed in-house, over the next few months, around 25 such pillar mounted transformers will be installed in several congested areas, he added.