GE T&D energises new pole for Champa-Kurukshetra UHVDC project

GE T&D India Limited has achieved a new milestone in Powergrid’s Champa-Kurukshetra ultra-high voltage direct current project by successfully energising the third of four poles planned for the project. This adds an additional 1,500 MW of capacity to the 1,305 km link, which is now transmitting 4,500 MW. Once pole 4 is commissioned, the entire system will transmit 6,000 MW of electricity at 800 kV, making the project one of the largest generation-to-consumption transmission systems in the world.