Watch “made in India” 800 kV HVDC convertor transformer for Champa Kurukshetra UHVDC link in New Channel | Channify

Alstom has created history by manufacturing the first “made in India” 800 kV HVDC convertor transformer from its world-class facility at Vadodara in Gujarat. The convertor transformer is part of Power Grid’s 3000 MW advanced UHVDC system. It meet the bulk power transfer requirement from Chhattisgarh region - a hub of Independent Power Producers of thermal power - to the load centre located in the northern region of the country, through a 1,365 km transmission line, creating an “energy highway” of clean, efficient power.