Indian power system becomes largest operating synchronous grid in the world

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Indian power system becomes largest operating synchronous grid in the world

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LUCKNOW: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has congratulated the power engineers of the country for synchronizing southern grid with national grid making Indian power system as the largest operating synchronous grid in the World.

Shailendra Dubey, secretary general of AIPEF said that the historical feat has been achieved on the evening of Dec, 31 2013 through commissioning Of Raichur-Solapur 765 KV transmission line. He said that with this, the mission of 'One Nation - One Grid - One Frequency' has been successfully completed. This line of 208 circuit kilometers (ckm) and 765/400 kV substations at Raichur and Sholapur has been commissioned five months ahead of its contractual schedule, that is, May 31, 2014 at a cost of approximately Rs 815 crores. With this interconnection, Indian power system has entered into a new era and become one of the largest operating synchronous grids in the world with about 232GW of installed power generation capacity.

He said that Synchronous integration of southern grid with rest of the national power grid shall not only augment the inter-regional power transfer capacity of southern region but also relieve the congestion being experienced in few transmission corridors. This will be a great boost for further economic growth of the country. It is likely to take a few months before power flow over this line is stabilized.

Indian power system is operating through five regional grids and a pan India synchronous grid was envisaged for optimal utilization of the generation resources in the country. Till now, four regional grids namely northern, eastern, western and north-eastern regions (NEW grid) were connected synchronously and southern region (SR) was connected to this NEW grid through HVDC links. Synchronous interconnection of SR with NEW grid was envisaged through high capacity 765 kV Raichur - Sholapur lines, as an ultimate step towards establishment of an "All India Synchronous National Grid" facilitating bulk transfer of power across regional boundaries.

Source:- Indian power system becomes largest operating synchronous grid in the world - Times Of India

 

[HariPrasad]

Very good step. this will be a great help in proper power distribution. We shall now be able to transfer power to power deficient states from power surplus state like Gujarat and Madhya pradesh.

 

[jarves]

Whats so good about this?

 

[shiv]

Whats so good about this?

electricity surplus from western and north eastern parts can be transferred to starved states like tamil nadu and karnataka ..

 

[dontsuspendme]

electricity surplus from western and north eastern parts can be transferred to starved states like tamil nadu and karnataka ..

What about andhra? No body is helping andhra

 

[shiv]

there are disadvantages also .. if proper safety measures are not taken then there is a chance that the entire country can go into darkness ! the chances are minimal but real !

What about andhra? No body is helping andhra

they too buddy ! Even delhi purchases heavily from maharashtra and gujrat ( northern grid )

 

[45'22']

there are disadvantages also .. if proper safety measures are not taken then there is a chance that the entire country can go into darkness ! the chances are minimal but real !


they too buddy ! Even delhi purchases heavily from maharashtra and gujrat ( northern grid )

its not safety features......actually states can draw more power(than the amount they are actually buying) until the pf attains a minimum level.......if it crosses that level there is instability in the system which leads to failure of a grid......since all grids are combined it leads to blackout......like it happened in UP

 

[shiv]

its not safety features......actually states can draw more power(than the amount they are actually buying) until the pf attains a minimum level.......if it crosses that level there is instability in the system which leads to failure of a grid......since all grids are combined it leads to blackout......like it happened in UP

parameters like power factor is there but in case of an outage ? without safety measures the ripple may flow across the country

 

[45'22']

parameters like power factor is there but in case of an outage ? without safety measures the ripple may flow across the country

the over drawing of power leads to outage.......what safety measures are you talking about????????

 

[shiv]

the over drawing of power leads to outage.......what safety measures are you talking about????????

something like MCB but operating at much higher scale ! the SF6 based Switches wont suffice !

 

[IND151]

Very good step. this will be a great help in proper power distribution. We shall now be able to transfer power to power deficient states from power surplus state like Gujarat and Madhya pradesh.

Maharashtra already buys electricity from Punjab and some other states.

 

[airpower183]

Anybody know what's happening with the project to interconnect the SL grid and the Indian grid?

 

[IND151]

ON Topic-A good development

 

[Indischer]

Whats so good about this?

It minimizes overloads on regional grids, as the total load is pooled now. Chances of regional Blackouts owing to grid overloads are now minimal. The power generation capability is now pooled too, resulting in better transfer of power from surplus areas to deficient areas.

 

[kurup]

Anybody know what's happening with the project to interconnect the SL grid and the Indian grid?

Never heard about it .

Please share a link to that developement .