UHVDC
Pole-2 of Raigarh-Pugalur HVDC link starts commercial operations
- Mar 16, 2021
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), in a recent stock exchange filing, said that Pole-2 and some more components of the Raigarh-Pugalur HVDC link have started commercial operations. PGCIL elaborated that the following assets related Read more
Transmission line capacity addition rebounds in September 2020
- Oct 14, 2020
The country’s endeavour at building new transmission lines saw a marked upswing in September 2020. However, the performance of transformation capacity (substations) was in contrast. In September 2020, India saw the addition of as much as 4,203 ckm of Read more
First stage of Raigarh-Pugalur UHVDC line energized
- Sep 25, 2020
Hitachi ABB Power Grids India, along with consortium partner Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, has successfully energized the first stage of the +/-800kV Raigarh-Pugalur UHVDC line. The bipolar line, connecting Raigarh in Chhattisgarh to Pugalur in Tamil Nadu, is owned Read more
Pole-1 of Raigarh-Pugalur HVDC link commissioned
- Sep 8, 2020
Power Grid Corporation of India has announced that Pole-1 of the HVDC bipole link between Raigarh (Chhattisgarh) and Pugalur (Tamil Nadu) was put in commercial operations on September 6, 2020. PGCIL has elaborated that the following assets have been Read more
Pole-3 of Champa-Kurukshetra UHVDC project complete
- Nov 15, 2019
GE’s Grid Solutions business has announced a new milestone in its Champa-Kurukshetra ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) project in India with the 1,305-km link now capable of transmitting 4,500 MW of electricity. This follows the recent successful energization of the Read more
ABB tests 1,100kV UHVDC transformer for deployment in China
- Dec 8, 2017
ABB has successfully tested the low and high voltage units of the world’s most powerful ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transformer. The +/-1,100 kV UHVDC transformer, developed and manufactured in close collaboration with State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), Read more
Siemens tests world’s first 1,100kV HVDC transformer
- Nov 8, 2017
The world’s first transformer, which Siemens developed and manufactured for high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission systems with what is currently the highest transmission voltage of ±1,100kV, recently passed its type test, Siemens said in a release. Siemens developed, manufactured and Read more
Phase-I of Champa-Kurukshetra UHVDC transmission system completed
- Oct 6, 2017
GE has announced that it has recently commissioned the second pole of the ±800kV UHVDC Champa-Kurukshetra transmission system. This marks the completion of the first phase of the project. The two-phase project, owned by Power Grid Corporation of Read more