Ladakh
PGCIL proposes VSC technology for upcoming Leh transmission system
- Jun 21, 2021
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has suggested to use modern VSC technology for the proposed Leh power transmission scheme. PGCIL has proposed to use voltage source converter (VSC) technology for the power transmission scheme, planned to support Read more
CESL to expand decentralized solar portfolio in Meghalaya, Ladakh
- Jun 7, 2021
Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) has signed MoUs with Meghalaya and Union Territory of Ladakh, envisaging 65 mw of decentralized solar power capacity. The first MoU, with Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Ltd, (MePDCL), envisages decentralized solar capacity worth 60 Read more
Ladakh connectivity scheme gets ISTS status, transferred to PGCIL
- May 31, 2021
The Union power ministry has re-designated the 220kV Srinagar-Drass-Kargil-Khaltsi-Leh transmission scheme as part of the interstate transmission system (ISTS). With the result, the system has been transferred to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL). The Srinagar-Drass-Kargil-Khaltsi-Leh transmission scheme Read more
Ladakh gets National Grid connectivity
- Feb 15, 2019
On February 3, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 220kV Srinagar-Alusteng-Drass-Kargil-Leh power transmission system to the nation. This was a defining moment in the history of India as the topographically challenged Ladakh region in Jammu & Kashmir, Read more
Schneider Electric illuminates 350 households in Kargil district
- Nov 21, 2017
Schneider Electric India Foundation and Spreading Happiness InDiya Foundation, in association with Schneider Electric India, recently completed a rural electrification project in Jammu & Kashmir. Under the project, 350 households of Darchik and Garkone villages in Kargil district Read more
PGCIL completes one section of Srinagar-Leh transmission line
- Nov 3, 2017
Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) has successfully completed and charged the 220kV single-circuit Leh-Khalsti line, which is part of the longer 220kV single-circuit Srinagar (Alusteng)-Leh transmission line. Along with the Leh-Khalsti line spanning 63km, two 220/66kV GIS Read more