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Raigarh-Pugalur 800 kV UHVDC link Bringing power to 80 million people in India It has the capacity to transmit 6,000 MW of electricity – equivalent to the power generated by six mega power plants The link is 1,830 km long requiring only one third the space of a traditional AC link saving space equivalent to one third the area of Bangalore 800 kV Ultrahigh-Voltage Direct Current technology enables the efficient and reliable transmission of power over longer distances with minimum losses enough to meet the needs of more than 80 million people Raigarh Pugalur UHVDC: Ultrahigh voltage direct current ; kV: kilovolts ; km: kilometers ; MW: megawatts

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Page 1: Raigarh-Pugalur 800 kV UHVDC link - Cisionmb.cision.com/Public/417/2163122/89e892cda68a975f.pdfRaigarh-Pugalur 800 kV UHVDC link Bringing power to 80 million people in India It has

Raigarh-Pugalur 800 kV UHVDC linkBringing power to 80 million people in India

It has the capacity to transmit

6,000 MWof electricity – equivalent to the powergenerated by six mega power plants

The link is

1,830 km longrequiring only one third the space ofa traditional AC link

saving space equivalent to onethird the area of Bangalore

800 kV Ultrahigh-Voltage DirectCurrent technologyenables the efficient and reliable transmission ofpower over longer distances with minimum losses

enough to meet theneeds of more than80 million people

Raigarh

Pugalur

UHVDC: Ultrahigh voltage direct current ; kV: kilovolts ; km: kilometers ; MW: megawatts