PGCIL to set up 7,240 circuit km high voltage lines in FY13

wirecableJune 8, 2012September 13, 2012

June 8, 2012September 13, 2012

April 10, 2012 Power Grid Corp of India Ltd (PGCIL) targets addition of 7,240 circuit km of extra high voltage transmission lines and 20,000 MVA transformation capacity in 2012-13. The company has also been given a target of energizing 1,100 villages and providing connections to two lakh Below Poverty Line......

Mundra UMPP transmission line commissioned

wirecableNovember 17, 2011December 27, 2011

November 17, 2011December 27, 2011

3 October, 2011 Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) said it had commissioned the transmission system for two units of the Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) in Gujarat. The 4,000 MW Mundra project, being developed by Tata Power, would be the first UMPP to start power generation in the......

PGCIL earmarks Rs 5,000 cr for transmission network in Gujarat

wirecableNovember 17, 2011December 27, 2011

November 17, 2011December 27, 2011

4 November, 2011 Power Grid Corporation (PGCIL) has set aside around Rs 5,000 crore for setting up transmission network in Gujarat by October next year. PGCIL’s network would connect Bhachau, Morbi, Lalpar and Halvad at Gujarat’s Kutch district. The company has already commissioned transmission system for two units of the......

PGCIL has completed 80% rural electrification work in Orissa

wirecableNovember 17, 2011December 27, 2011

November 17, 2011December 27, 2011

16 October, 2011 Claiming to have achieved about 80 per cent of rural electrification assigned to it under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutkaran Yojana in the State, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) assured Orissa government that it would complete the remaining work by March, 2012. The assurance was given......

PGCIL laying transmission lines from Shilong to Agra

wirecableSeptember 13, 2011September 15, 2011

September 13, 2011September 15, 2011

27 July, 2011 PGCIL is laying transmission lines with 800kV transformers from Shillong to Agra for evacuation of 6,000 mw of hydropower per day. The transmission corridor, which will run 2,000 circuit km, is estimated to cost 1,200 crore. The project is scheduled for commissioning in 2014. Besides, the corporation......

PGCIL to provide consultancy for undersea power line from Sri Lanka

wirecableJuly 27, 2011July 29, 2011

July 27, 2011July 29, 2011

17 June, 2011 Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) will provide consultancy services to the Sri Lankan government for setting up an undersea power transmission line between the two countries. The project, estimated to cost Rs 2,500-3,000 crore, is to be jointly implemented with the Ceylon Electricity Board, the largest......

KEC International gets major orders

wirecableApril 18, 2011April 30, 2011

April 18, 2011April 30, 2011

KEC International Ltd. (KEC) has won three new orders to the tune of Rs. 379 crore. The first PGCIL order is for the supply and construction of 765 KV double circuit transmission line between Jharsuguda pooling station and Dharamjaygarh. This is associated with phase-I generation projects in Orissa. The total......