NTDC completes four more 500 kV transmission lines
Pakistan, Lahore: The National Transmission & Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) has completed four more 500 kV transmission lines.
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Pakistan, Lahore: The National Transmission & Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) has completed four more 500 kV transmission lines.
The lines will be used for evacuation of electricity from power plants located in southern parts of the country.
The transmission line circuits have been connected with a HVDC converter station at Matiari — a core component of the mega CPEC-funded Matiari-Lahore Transmission Line Project.
“Two 500 kV transmission line circuits to evacuate power from 1,320 MW power from Port Qasim coal-fired plant and then getting it converted into direct current by the HVDC Matiari converter station has been energized already. The other two 500 kV transmission line circuits for looping in / out with existing 500 kV Jamshoro-Dadu Circuit-I have been energized and connected with HVDC converter station at Hyderabad.
According to an NTDC spokesman, for the evacuation of electricity from Sindh based power plants, NTDC had planned 10 circuits / transmission lines, out of which, eight 500 kV HVAC transmission line circuits have been either completed or energized. However, the remaining two transmission line circuits will be completed subsequently.
“These lines will evacuate power from aforementioned power plant. Consequently, this power will be transmitted to the northern load centres of the country through 660 kV HVDC Matiari – Lahore transmission line CPEC project,” he said, adding that the transmission facility will primarily be utilized to transmit power generated from indigenous Thar coal-based power generation projects with the aim to enhance the share of indigenous fuel-based generation while saving the significant amount of foreign exchange.
Source: Dawn