First CPEC power transmission project gets under way
Pakistan, Lahore: The 660 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) Matiari-Lahore transmission line, started commercial operations on 1 September, its scheduled date.
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Pakistan, Lahore: The 660 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) Matiari-Lahore transmission line, started commercial operations on 1 September, its scheduled date.
The first China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project in the power evacuation and transmission sector on the first day saved the country from a major breakdown by protecting the transmission, dispatch and distribution systems from a possible cascading effect due to tripping at Jamshoro.
“It is a matter of great importance that the country finally succeeded in having the first and the biggest HVDC transmission line to evacuate 4,000 MW from power plants in the south in direct current mode, transport and transmit it to Lahore after converting it into alternate current mode and finally feed it to the distribution systems in the load centres in Punjab,” National Transmission and Despatch Company Managing Director Azaz Ahmad explained. “With the provision of the HVDC line, there are now meagre chances of blackouts, breakdowns etc due to system constraints since the entire NTDC transmission and dispatch system has attained stability.”
He said an example of stability was that the system tripped on 1 September for a while due to a technical fault in Jamshoro (Sindh), leading to power failure in various service areas of K-Electric and Hyderabad Electric Supply Company. “But this Matiari-Lahore HVDC line helped keep the system stable and saved it from a cascading affect to other parts of the country.”
According to a spokesman, the flagship HVDC line project achieved its commercial operation date successfully as per the timeline agreed between the NTDC and Pak Matiari-Lahore Transmission Line Company.
Source: Dawn
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