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Transforming power
ALSTOM has delivered India’s first 800kV HVDC power
transformer for the Champa-Kurukshetra UHVDC phase 1
link.
The 1,365km transmission line project will connect a power
station, near Champa, to the demand centre in Kurukshetra,
northern India.
This is the first of nine power transformers needed for the
project, built in Alstom’s transformer manufacturing and
testing facility in India.
The 13m-long, 5.3m-high and 5.1m-wide transformer
weighs 310 tonnes. It has taken the unit over three months
to cover a distance of over 2,000km to reach the project site
at Champa.
The second transformer, already dispatched, was expected
to reach Champa by December 2015.
Patrick Plas, senior vice president, grid power electronics
and automation, Alstom Grid, said: “These massive
transformers will substantially improve grid connectivity by
seamlessly transferring power across five electrical regions
of India.
“Alstom has been a key player in HVDC for over 50 years
and the company is currently executing two 800kV UHVDC
bi-pole projects in India.”
Alstom has delivered over 40 HVDC projects worldwide,
with current projects including DolWin3 in Germany and Rio
Madeira in Brazil.
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Insight
❍ First transformer for the Champa-Kurukshetra UHVDC phase 1
link