PRESENTATION ON TRANSMISSION SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

FOR THE 12TH PLAN ( 20012-17)

TRANSMISSION CORRIDORS PLANNED

1. 2. 3. 4. SOUTHERN REGION WESTERN REGION EASTERN REGION NORTHERN REGION i. Uttranchal ii. Rabi Basin iii. Satluj Basin iv. Beas Basin SIKKIM

5.

Expected Transmission Requirement 2012-17

Expected Transmission Requirement +/- 800 kV HVDC Bipole Projects, 6000 MW +/- 600 kV HVDC Bipole Projects, 4000 MW All India 2 to 3 1

HVDC Bipole +/- 800 kV ckm

HVDC Bipole +/- 600 kV ckm 765/400 kV substation nos.

4000
1000 40 to 50

765 kV Transmission Lines ckm 765/400 kV MVA

400 kV Transmission Line ckm ( 40% quad, 60% TM) 400/220 kV , 400/132 kV (MVA) 220 kV Transmission Line ckm 220/132, 220/110

25,000 to 30,000 1,10,000

50,000 80,000 40,000 95,000

Existing Transmission Lines and expansion during 2012-17 (in ckm)

Transmission lines Existing Additions th (ckm) by 10th 11 plan plan Total by March 2012 Estimated additions in12th plan
25,000 to 30,000

765 kV

2184

5428 1606 3600 49278 35371

7612 7478 3600 125000 150000

HVDC 500 kV 5872 HVDC 800/600 kV 400 kV 220 kV 0 75722 114629

5000

50,000 40,000 155,000 to 180,000

Total ckm

198569

95283

293852

Existing HVDC/Substation capacity and expansion during 2012-17 (MVA/MW)

Substation Existing MVA/MW by 10th plan 3000 5200 8200 0 92942 156497 249439 Additions 11th plan 500 5500 6000 53000 52058 73503 178561 Total by March 2012 3500 10700 14200 53000 145000 230000 428000 Estimated additions in12th plan 0 16,000 to 22,000 16,000 to 22,000 1,10,000 80,000 95,000 295,000

HVDC BTB HVDC Bipole+Monopole Total HVDC terminal capacity 765 kV 400 kV 230/220 kV Total

Details of Inter-Regional Capacity Existing and Planned for 11th & 12th Plan
System By 10th plan Additions 11th plan By 11th Plan Additions in By 12th 12th Plan Plan

ER-SR
ER-NR ER-WR ER-NER NR-WR WR-SR NER/ERNR/WR 132 /110 kV TOTAL

3130
3430 1790 1260 2120 1720 0 600 14050

500
8700 4700 1600 2100 1000 6000 0 24600

3630
12130 6490 2860 4220 2720 6000 600 38650

4200
5900 10500 0 10200 6300 0 0 37100

7830
18030 16990 2860 14420 9020 6000 600 75750

EXPECTED REQUIREMENT OF INSULATORS FOR TRANSMISSION LINES 2012-17

Transmission line
+/- 800 kV HVDC

Insulator Discs (lakhs)

48

765 kV
400 kV 220 kV

260
300 100

Expected Requirement of 765 kV Equipment and Material Quantity 210 70

765 kV 500 MVA 1phase Transformer (nos.) 765 kV 333 MVA 1 phase Transformer (nos.)

80 MVAr 1 phase Reactors (nos) 765 kV bays (nos.)

765 kV CB (sets) 765 kV Current Transformers (sets) 765 kV CVTs (sets) 765 kV Isolators (sets) 765 kV LAs (sets)

480 280
420 560 240 1100 280

Expected Requirement of 400 kV Equipment and Material Quantity 70 150

400 kV 500 MVA 3 phase Transformer (nos.) 400 kV 315 MVA 3 phase Transformer (nos.)

50 MVAr 3 phase Reactors (nos) 400 kV bays (nos.)

400 kV CB (sets) 400 kV Current Transformers (sets) 400 kV CVTs (sets) 400 kV Isolators (sets) 400 kV LAs (sets)

440 660
1000 1300 880 2600 660

Expected Requirement of 220 kV S/S Equipment (Number) Quantity

220 kV 160 MVA 3 phase Transformer (nos.)

220 kV bays (nos.) 220 kV Circuit Breakers (sets)

600
2400 2400

220 kV Current Transformers (sets)

220 kV CVTs (sets) 220 kV Isolators (sets) 220 kV LAs(sets)

2400
3100 9600 2400

Acquisition of Land and ROW Issues

ROW and acquisition of land are major hurdles in development of transmission system. The problem is more acute in the urban areas. Problem of land acquisition can be mitigated by going for GIS substations. Since Indian market is price sensitive, if GIS manufacturers bring down prices further there is great scope for GIS switchgear in the Indian transmission and subtransmission market. Similarly there is considerable scope for marketing underground EHV cables at competitive prices.

Acquisition of Land and ROW Issues

ROW issue to be mitigated through increasing Density of Transmission through UHV AC/DC Lines FACTS High temperature endurance conductor Multi-circuit lines High surge Impedance Loading (HSIL) lines.

Compression of Execution Time

Reduction of Time of Execution through GIS, GPS based line route survey
Standardization of Designs

Standardization of Tower Designs

Testing of Towers is a time consuming process taking 6-12 months Delay have been observed in some of the projects where designs were in contractorss scope due to delay in testing of towers Design & testing activity can be taken up by utility in advance or parallely to project approval activities Design may be standardized for different wind zones / different voltages so that repeated activities can be avoided Tested design to be given to the contractors after placement of award. Though quantities shall be on tonnage basis to avoid nonsequential supply provisions for payment on completed tower basis should be kept.

Standardization of Designs
Designs & Drawing may also be standardized to the extent possible for the following: Insulator , Hardware fittings, accessories for Transmission Line Substation structures Substation equipments like CB, CT, CVT, LA, Insulators etc. Control room building, other buildings, colony In order to reduce problem of land acquisition and related R&R efforts should be made to reduce substation land requirement by compact layouts, compact switchgear & GIS substation.

Online Testing Facility for Transformers

All high-capacity EHV transformers installed in India are presently being sent to KEMA, Netherlands-based electrical equipment testing organisation, before being commissioned. This leads to an average delay of 5-9 months in the commissioning schedule Under initiative of MoP JV of four Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)- NTPC,NHPC,DVC& PGCIL has been formed to establish a domestic on line testing facility to perform short circuit test on EHV Transformer upto 400 kV. The testing facility is expected to come up in two years time