BHEL and Hitachi Energy Secure HVDC Project from POWERGRID

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Additionally, BHEL's Transmission Business Group will design, supply, and install a 765/400 kV power evacuation system at the Nagpur terminal.

November 2024 : Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Hitachi Energy India Limited secured an order from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), for its Project SPV Company. It involves setting up a +800kV, 6000 MW HVDC Link between Khavda KPS2 in Gujarat and Nagpur in Maharashtra.

The HVDC link, expected to be established by 2029, will significantly contribute towards the national mission to achieve 500 GW of power from Renewable Energy by the year 2030.

For this project, among other equipment and systems, BHEL will supply Converter Transformers, Shunt Reactors, Filter Bank Capacitors, MV Switchgear and Instrument Transformers from its Bhopal Plant, and Thyristor Valves from its Electronics Division plant at Bengaluru.These valves will convert AC power at Khavda into DC for transmission over a 1200 km HVDC line. At Nagpur, the DC power will be converted back into AC to evacuate 6GW of power. Additionally, BHEL's Transmission Business Group will design, supply, and install a 765/400 kV power evacuation system at the Nagpur terminal.

BHEL has been associated with major HVDC projects in India since the inception of state-of-the-art technology solutions in the Indian grid. It has successfully executed several national HVDC links in the past, like Rihand-Dadri, Chandrapur-Padghe, Ballia-Bhiwadi, North East -Agra and Raigarh-Pugalur HVDC links, and has established manufacturing facilities for HVDC products up to 800kV.