HVDC

Sustainability is at the core of our innovation: Hitachi Energy India

Hitachi Energy India Ltd has recently been witness to a spate of landmark orders, including mega HVDC-related orders, bulk procurement orders for EHV transformers and reactors, etc. It is indeed an exciting phase for the company’s transformer business. Read more

Four qualify for HVDC-based interstate power transmission scheme

Four bidders have qualified for opening of initial price bids for what would be India’s third HVDC-based interstate transmission scheme to be awarded under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) framework. Bid process coordinator PFC Consulting Ltd ( Read more

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Thrissur HVDC station capacity to be augmented under RTM modality

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has been assigned a project to augment capacity at the Thrissur VSC HVDC station in Kerala, under the regulated tariff mechanism (RTM) route. A proposal to this effect was Read more

Tendering for Ladakh HVDC project delayed further

A further delay of around three months is likely in awarding contracts for the mega Ladakh HVDC project that Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has been mandated to develop under the regulated tariff Read more

Control system of HVDC link in Maharashtra to be upgraded

A new scheme for upgrading the existing control and protection system of the Chandrapur-Padghe HVDC link in Maharashtra is in the making. Proposed by state transmission utility Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (MSETCL) and approved by the Maharashtra Read more

Sumitomo Electric named preferred bidder for 525kV HVDC sea link in UK

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd has been named preferred bidder by National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC (NGET) for the Sea Link HVDC cable project, a proposed 138-km connection between Kent and Suffolk in the United Kingdom.   The Sea Link project, Read more

HVDC chosen over BESS for Rajasthan RE evacuation scheme

In its latest meeting, National Committee on Transmission (NCT) decided to in for HVDC technology for a major renewable energy evacuation scheme in Rajasthan for which battery energy storage system (BESS) was being evaluated as Read more

Quality Power breaks ground for new coil factory in Maharashtra

Quality Power Electrical Equipments Ltd has announced the launch of its Global Coil Factory in Kupwad MIDC, Sangli, Maharashtra. The event marks a significant step forward in Quality Power’s strategic expansion to meet the growing global demand for high-voltage Read more

Hitachi ABB HVDC | T&D India

Explained: Why the mega Rajasthan HVDC project was re-tendered

This exclusive story takes a closer look at the bidding process of the Rajasthan HVDC project – the first ISTS-TBCB scheme involving HVDC infrastructure awarded to a private entity. On January 20, 2025, Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) formally Read more

Hitachi ABB HVDC | T&D India

PGCIL to place orders for Ladakh HVDC scheme in Q2FY26

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) now expects to finalize contracts for the Ladakh HVDC scheme during the second quarter (July to September) of the current fiscal year. At a recent investor conference, R.K. Tyagi, CMD, PGCIL, explained Read more