Hitachi ABB Power Grids commissions groundbreaking UHVDC project in India

BENGALURU: Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India said on Monday it has successfully commissioned one of India’s longest ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission links for Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.

The 800 kilovolt (kV) plus 6,000-megawatt (MW) link has the capacity to meet the electricity needs of more than eight crore people and stretches 1,800 km to connect Raigarh in central India to Pugalur in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.