Crompton Greaves Ltd (CGL), a part of the $4 billion Avantha Group, has claimed that it has become the world’s first company to develop high range power product- 1200 KV Capacitive Voltage Transformer (CVT).
Earlier, China had established the commercial 1100 KV system successfully. Now, Crompton Greaves has successfully developed 1200 KV product, becoming the first company in the world to develop such high range power product.
The company has spent close to Rs.70 crore to develop this high range power product, which has been indigenously developed and manufactured at its state-of-the-art Nashik facility.
The company just delivered its first 1200 KV product to the UHV (Ultra High Voltage) station of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) at Bina, Madhya Pradesh, in the principal presence of Sudhir Trehan, Managing Director, CGL, at company’s Nashik facility.
"Leading edge technology and world class manufacturing are the two driving forces with which CGL is forging ahead to be a world leader in the global T&D arena. This successful development of 1200 KV Capacitive Voltage Transformer is a milestone in our endeavour," Sudhir Trehan, MD, CGL, said at a press conference here.
Development of a 1200 KV Ultra High Voltage AC system, the highest AC system in the world, is an Indian dream to tackle the ever growing power demand which is expected to be over 400 GW by 2020. Although many countries like USSR, Japan, America and Italy have made great progress in the research of 1200 KV ultra high voltage AC transmission system, only China has recently established the commercial 1100 kv system successfully.
Indian experience is rich in 420 KV and limited in 765 KV AC systems. The need for bulk transfer at ultra high voltage levels in India in the coming years is inevitable. Hence, indigenous development of this highest transmission system in the world is a major task.
The task of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd involves, establishing a research station with an experimental 1200 KV transmission line (1 km line at Bina in Madhya Pradesh) to study performance of various equipments, environmental effects and operational difficulties which are not envisaged currently and develop the commercial line in due course.