
NEW DELHI, INDIA AND PARIS, FRANCE – GE’s Grid Solutions has reached a milestone in its Champa-Kurukshetra ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) project in India with the 1,305-km (810-mile) link now capable of transmitting 4,500 MW of electricity.
This follows another recent milestone when the third of four poles planned for this ±800kV UHVDC transmission line was successfully energized.
The transmission line is a crucial component of the Indian government’s electricity-for-all initiative and will help provide reliable electricity for millions of people living in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and surrounding areas.
A special feature of the Champa project is the use of an overhead line with dedicated metallic return, which uses a neutral conductor as a part of the DC circuit.
Upon completion, the link will have the capacity to transmit 6,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity at ±800 kV, making it one of the largest generation-to-consumption transmission systems in the world.
Source: GE