GE T&D India witnessed higher new order inflows in the first quarter (April to June) of FY21, compared with the corresponding level of FY20.
GE T&D India, in a recent investor presentation, said that it received new orders worth Rs.443.20 crore in the first quarter (April 1 to June 30) of FY21. This was 6.1 per cent higher than the corresponding level of Rs.417.70 crore in FY20.
Some of the key orders booked during Q1 of FY21 included:
- Series reactor package at Thiruvalam and Nellore substations from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL)
- 6X80 MVAR 765 kV single phase switchable line reactors for extension of 765/400/220kV Fatehgarh II substation (Rajasthan) from PGCIL
- 66/11 kV Gas insulated substation at Dochula from Bhutan Power Corporation Ltd
- 400kV switchyard at Meghnaghat in Bangladesh from GE Switzerland
Fourth pole of CK project commissioned
In a very significant development, GE T&D India also said that during the first quarter of FY21, the company commissioned the final (fourth) pole of the Champa-Kurukshetra HVDC project.
The ±800kV UHVDC transmission line, with a length of 1,305 km, will have the capacity to transmit 6,000 mw of electricity at ±800kV, making it one of the largest generation-to-consumption transmission systems in the world. The HVDC line has four poles, all of which stand commissioned now.
Each pole has transmission capacity of 1,500 mw, making the entire system capable of handling 6,000 mw.
The Champa-Kurukshetra project transmits electricity from power generating plants located across Chhattisgarh, to a GE-built rectifier station in Champa, where it is converted from AC to DC. The electricity is transported in bulk across the UHVDC line and is then converted back to AC by a GE inverter station in Kurukshetra, Haryana. From there, power is transported to the surrounding rural states that are in need of reliable and consistent electrical power. DC technology efficiently moves electricity over long distances which lowers transmission costs and losses. Additionally, it is a more environment-friendly technology because it requires fewer overhead lines to deliver the same amount of power as a high-voltage AC system.
The first pole of the HVDC project was commissioned in March 2017, followed by the second in November 2017. This completed the first phase of the project. The third pole became operational in November 2019.
The objective of the Champa-Kurukshetra UHVDC system, owned by Power Grid Corporation of India, is to help transmit up to 6,000 mw of electricity from upcoming power projects in the Raigarh, Champa and Raipur regions of Chhattisgarh, to consumption centres like Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and adjoining areas in northern India.
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