HVDC contract for India
Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution and consortium partner Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd have been awarded an order by the Power Grid Corporation of India to construct a 780km (485mile) high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line between the provinces of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The purpose of the HVDC transmission system is to strengthen the power supply around New Delhi without building additional power plants. The order has a total value of about E235million financed by World Bank, with Siemens’ share amounting to about E170million. The planned project is the fourth long-distance HVDC transmission link in India and will have the highest power rating of all. In comparison to a conventional 400kV ac transmission line this link improves energy efficiency so that 688000 tons of CO2 will be saved.
Siemens has also supplied a HVDC transmission link which runs over 1450km from Orissa in the east of India to the region around Bangalore in the south.
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