Asia | October 13, 2015

Alstom delivers India’s first 800 kV HVDC transformer

Alstom has manufactured and delivered India’s first 800 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transformer for the Champa-Kurukshetra Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) Phase 1 link.

 

Alstom has manufactured and delivered India’s first 800 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transformer for the Champa-Kurukshetra Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) Phase 1 link.

This is the first out of nine power transformers for the project that has been built in Alstom’s transformer manufacturing and testing facility in India.

The transformer, measured at 13 m long, 5.3 m high and 5.1 m wide, weighs 310 tonnes. Once erected at site, it will weigh additional 175 tonnes. The second transformer, already dispatched, is expected to reach Champa by December 2015.

The project will connect the power station of central India near Champa to the demand centre in northern India at Kurukshetra, through a 1,365 km transmission line, creating an ‘energy superhighway’ of efficient power transmission.

For this turnkey project, Alstom will also deliver a total of 32 converter transformers, 16 x 400 kV and 16 x 800 kV direct current transformers.

Source: Alstom
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