GE T&D commissions third of four planned poles of PGCIL’s Champa-Kurukshetra UHVDC project

GE T&D India Limited has energised the third of four poles planned of the Champa-Kurukshetra ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) project. This project is being developed for Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL).

This adds an additional 1,500 MW of capacity to the 1,305-km link, which is now transmitting 4,500 MW, a GE statement said.

A special feature of the Champa project is the use of an overhead line “dedicated metallic return,” which uses a neutral conductor as a part of the DC circuit. GE is the first company in the world to demonstrate this technology with this project. This eliminates the typical technical and environmental issues associated with the traditional electrode solution, the statement noted.