Raigarh-Pugalur 800 kV UHVDC linkBringing power to 80 million people in India

It has the capacity to transmit

6,000 MWof electricity – equivalent to the powergenerated by six mega power plants

The link is

1,830 km longrequiring only one third the space ofa traditional AC link

saving space equivalent to onethird the area of Bangalore

800 kV Ultrahigh-Voltage DirectCurrent technologyenables the efficient and reliable transmission ofpower over longer distances with minimum losses

enough to meet theneeds of more than80 million people

Raigarh

Pugalur

UHVDC: Ultrahigh voltage direct current ; kV: kilovolts ; km: kilometers ; MW: megawatts