New Delhi: Adani Transmission Limited (ATL) on Monday announced that it has completed the construction of one of India's longest intrastate transmission lines of 897 circuit Km. This feat was achieved in Uttar Pradesh by Ghatampur Transmission Ltd (GTL) a subsidiary of ATL. ATL is India's largest private sector power transmission and retail distribution company and a part of the diversified Adani Group.
According to an official press release from ATL, this transmission line comprises 4 Nos of 765KV and 400KV bay extensions at Agra, Greater Noida and Hapur. This project has been developed under PPP mode on a Build, Own, Operate and Maintain (BOOM) basis. This will provide transmission services to Long-Term Transmission Customers (LTTC) with 35 years of runway ahead.
The project was approved by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) during their 36th Standing Committee meeting on power system planning in India's northern region. The commissioning of this project will significantly improve the social conditions and welfare of the people of the region.
The project will evacuate power from 3x660MW Ghatampur TPS owned by the Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (a joint venture between Neyveli Lignite Corporation and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam) and will also strengthen UP's transmission network. It consists of a 765KV S/C GhatampurHapur transmission line of 411 km, which is one of the longest HVAC transmission lines in the country. It will connect the Ghatampur TPS (Central UP) to 765/400KV Hapur Substation (Western UP).
The transmission line passes through the severe right of way (ROW) challenged urban areas and also through highly undulated ravine topography. One of the biggest challenges surpassed by GTL was the uncertainty caused by the COVID pandemic which made deployment of the workforce difficult. GTL exhibited world-class quality standards, effective project management, and adhere to all safety and COVID protocols to successfully complete the project.
Once operational, the Ghatampur thermal generation power plant of UP and Neyveli Lignite Corporation is expected to generate 14,000 million units (MU) of energy each year to meet UP's future power requirement. Adani Transmission will play a key role in the evacuation of electricity from this thermal power plant through five DISCOMs operational in UP to several parts of the state and thereby benefit millions of households, agricultural loads, industries, businesses and will boost economic development.
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