PRESENTATION ON

TRANSMISSION SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

FOR THE 12TH PLAN ( 20012-17)

TRANSMISSION CORRIDORS PLANNED

1. SOUTHERN REGION
2. WESTERN REGION
3. EASTERN REGION
4. NORTHERN REGION
i. Uttranchal
ii. Rabi Basin
iii. Satluj Basin
iv. Beas Basin
5. SIKKIM
 Expected Transmission Requirement 2012-17
Expected Transmission Requirement All India

+/- 800 kV HVDC Bipole Projects, 6000 MW 2 to 3

+/- 600 kV HVDC Bipole Projects, 4000 MW 1

HVDC Bipole +/- 800 kV ckm 4000

HVDC Bipole +/- 600 kV ckm 1000

765/400 kV substation nos. 40 to 50

765 kV Transmission Lines ckm 25,000 to 30,000
765/400 kV MVA 1,10,000
400 kV Transmission Line ckm ( 40% quad, 60% TM) 50,000

400/220 kV , 400/132 kV (MVA) 80,000

220 kV Transmission Line ckm 40,000

220/132, 220/110 95,000

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

Transmission Existing Additions Total by Estimated

lines th
(ckm) by 10th 11 plan March additions
plan 2012 in12th plan
765 kV 2184 5428 7612 25,000 to
30,000
HVDC 500 kV 5872 1606 7478
HVDC 0 3600 3600 5000
800/600 kV
400 kV 75722 49278 125000 50,000

220 kV 114629 35371 150000 40,000

Total ckm 198569 95283 293852 155,000 to

180,000
 Existing HVDC/Substation capacity and expansion
during 2012-17 (MVA/MW)
Substation Existing Additions 11th Total by Estimated
MVA/MW by 10th plan March 2012 additions in12th
plan plan
HVDC BTB 3000 500 3500 0

HVDC 5200 5500 10700 16,000 to 22,000

Bipole+Monopole
Total HVDC terminal 8200 6000 14200 16,000 to 22,000
capacity
765 kV 0 53000 53000 1,10,000

400 kV 92942 52058 145000 80,000

230/220 kV 156497 73503 230000 95,000

Total 249439 178561 428000 295,000

 Details of Inter-Regional Capacity Existing
and Planned for 11th & 12th Plan
System By 10th Additions By 11th Additions in By 12th
plan 11th plan Plan 12th Plan Plan
ER-SR 3130 500 3630 4200 7830
ER-NR 3430 8700 12130 5900 18030
ER-WR 1790 4700 6490 10500 16990
ER-NER 1260 1600 2860 0 2860
NR-WR 2120 2100 4220 10200 14420
WR-SR 1720 1000 2720 6300 9020
NER/ER- 0 6000 6000 0 6000
NR/WR
132 /110 kV 600 0 600 0 600
TOTAL 14050 24600 38650 37100 75750
 EXPECTED REQUIREMENT OF INSULATORS FOR
TRANSMISSION LINES 2012-17

Transmission line Insulator Discs (lakhs)

+/- 800 kV HVDC 48
765 kV 260
400 kV 300
220 kV 100
Expected Requirement of 765 kV Equipment and Material

Quantity
765 kV 500 MVA 1phase Transformer (nos.) 210
765 kV 333 MVA 1 phase Transformer (nos.) 70
80 MVAr 1 phase Reactors (nos) 480
765 kV bays (nos.) 280
765 kV CB (sets) 420
765 kV Current Transformers (sets) 560
765 kV CVT’s (sets) 240
765 kV Isolators (sets) 1100
765 kV LAs (sets) 280
Expected Requirement of 400 kV Equipment and Material

Quantity
400 kV 500 MVA 3 phase Transformer (nos.) 70
400 kV 315 MVA 3 phase Transformer (nos.) 150
50 MVAr 3 phase Reactors (nos) 440
400 kV bays (nos.) 660
400 kV CB (sets) 1000
400 kV Current Transformers (sets) 1300
400 kV CVT’s (sets) 880
400 kV Isolators (sets) 2600
400 kV LAs (sets) 660
 Expected Requirement of 220 kV S/S Equipment
(Number)

Quantity
220 kV 160 MVA 3 phase Transformer (nos.) 600
220 kV bays (nos.) 2400
220 kV Circuit Breakers (sets) 2400
220 kV Current Transformers (sets) 2400
220 kV CVTs (sets) 3100
220 kV Isolators (sets) 9600
220 kV LAs(sets) 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 sub-
transmission 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 contractors’s 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 non-
sequential 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