STARTED EXECUTION OF PROJECT AT PGCIL HVDC NORTH EAST AGRA

PGCIL HVDC NORTH EAST AGRA IS UNDER EXECUTION AT THREE SITES BISWANATH CHARIALI , ALIPURDUAR & AGRA. NORTH-EAST AGRA WILL SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TO SERVE 90 MILLION PEOPLE

ABB was selected by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. to deliver the world’s first multi-terminal UHVDC transmission link. The ±800 kV North-East Agra UHVDC link will have a record 8,000 MW converter capacity, including a 2,000 MW redundancy, and transmit clean hydroelectric power from India’s northeast region to the city of Agra, a distance of 1,728 km. ABB and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) have turnkey responsibility for execution, including system engineering, design, supply and installation of three HVDC converter stations. One converter station will be in the northeastern state of Assam, and a second in the state of West Bengal in eastern India. The other end of the DC line will terminate at Agra, where two bipolar converters will be connected in parallel. The 800 kV equipment yard at Agra will for the first time be placed indoors.

Delcom’s Scope : We were awarded turnkey solution responsibility for IP Surveillance, Complete perimeter Intrusion detection (PIDS) ,Avaya Voice & Fiber Network for our provided solutions.