BHUTAN AUTOMATION organized and hosted its first-ever Customer Event on 23 June 2022 at its facility in Chukha. The event was attended by delegates from its various existing and prospective clients in Bhutan. Based on the theme “exceeding Customers’ expectations is our business”, the event provided an opportunity to the host to interact with the…
The state-of-the-art Substation Automation System (SAS) at the 220 kV Switchyard of Basochhu Hydropower Plant was successfully commissioned and handed over to the client on 16 November 2021. The scope of the Contract, which was awarded on 07 August 2019, included the replacement of the Control & Protection Panels and the SCADA System of the…
BHUTAN AUTOMATION celebrated its 4th Foundation Day on 08 November 2021, which happens to be the day the Company was incorporated in 2017. During the event, there were sessions for the employees to allow them to reflect on how far they had come in the past four years and at the same time take stock…
The last Unit of (4 x 15 MW) Kurichhu Hydropower Plant (KHP) was successfully commissioned on 30 December 2020 after replacement of the old and obsolete control and automation systems of the plant. The design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning of the upgrade works were carried out inhouse by BHUTAN AUTOMATION. The Contract for replacement…
The obsolete numerical protection relays at the Upper (2 x 12 MW) and Lower (2 x 20 MW) stages of Basochhu Hydropower Plant (BHP) were successfully retrofitted with the latest HIPASE-P IEDs in December 2020. The HIPASE-P device has a full graphic color touch display for local unit operation. The touch display provides a means…
The SCADA system at the 66 kV Olakha Substation under BPC was successfully commissioned on 15 December 2020. The SCADA system implemented at the substation is based on the state-of-the-art 250 SCALA. The work consisted of integration of the existing IEDs and energy meters from various manufacturers with the new SCADA system on the industry…
Certification in ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 in the following scope was obtained by BHUTAN AUTOMATION on 16 October 2020. Marketing, Sales, Design, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Installation, Commissioning, Project Management, and Service of Systems and Products for Control, Automation, and other Secondary Equipment. The certification was awarded after successful completion of two stages…
BHUTAN AUTOMATION successfully replaced and commissioned the Main-I protection system of the 420 kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) at Tala Hydropower Plant on 07 April 2020. The busbar protection system provided for the 12 bays of the 420 kV GIS was based on SIPROTEC 7SS52 Numerical Series.