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By: Siddhartha P Saikia (http://www.financialexpress.com/author/siddharthapsaikia/) | Agra | August 20, 2015 1:01PM
India's first highvoltage, directcurrent (HVDC) transmission line, connecting the northern states with the northeastern ones, will be operational on August 31. (AP)
India’s first high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC)
transmission line, connecting the northern states with the
north-eastern ones, will be operational on August 31. The
800-kv, 6,000-MW line was built by Power Grid Corporation
of India at an investment of R12,000 crore.
“The high-capacity (800-kV, 6,000-MW) HVDC bipole line is
being implemented from Bishwanath Chariali in Assam to
Agra in Uttar Pradesh through Alipurduar in West Bengal.
The high-voltage corridor would facilitate transfer of
24,000 MW from future generation projects in the north-
eastern region and Bhutan,” said a senior Power Grid
official.
The corridor shall integrate the north-eastern region with
other regions of the country to facilitate smooth and
reliable power transfer, giving rise to a stable national grid.
The nature of control of power flow of the HVDC
interconnection provides additional flexibility in grid
operation, thereby improving various grid parameters.
The link will act as a highway from the north-eastern region to the rest of the
country and shall play a significant role in the hydro potential in the north-eastern
region.
The transmission project, connecting 1,728 km, was started in September 2013 and
is nearly complete. Currently, only China has such a high-voltage transmission
corridor. Two more such corridors are likely to come up in India, which include
Champa-Kurukshetra (1,350 km) and Raigarh-Pugalur-New Trichur (1,600 km).
“There was a need to interconnect the north-eastern grid with a strong, reliable
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and secure interconnection with the rest of the Indian grid, which would also take
care of the large potential of hydro power in the region,” the Power Grid official
explained. Currently, the north-eastern states are generating about 2,000 MW,
while demand is around 1,610 MW. In the future, the HVDC line could help to
evacuate electricity to the tune of 50,000 MW and supply to power-deficit northern
states.
Government-owned BHEL and Switzerland-based ABB have supplied equipment
for the project. The line has overcome a major hurdle by passing through the
chicken-neck area in Siliguri district of West Bengal, having an acute constraints
in the availability of right of way.
The HVDC interconnector will facilitate bidirectional control flow of power, which
means it can transfer power from the north-eastern region when it is in surplus
during the high hydro period of the year. On the other hand, the north-eastern
region can also import power from other regions, particularly in the lean hydro
period of the year.
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Harvinder Singh
500KV HVDC is already in operation from Talchar To Kolar. This is 800KVHVDC. It is first 800KV DC Line in India.
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Rajesh Yadav
India already have HVDC lines. The headlines misguiding. It may be first underPGCIL.
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As RY mentioned, this project is not India's first HVDC transmission linebecause already there are many HVDC lines operating in India. Howeverthis HVDC link will be world's first multiterminal UHVDC link with fourterminals, located at three converter stations. This is ABB's second multiterminal HVDC link; first was constructed in North America in 199092. Hopethis clarifies.
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