Public sector undertaking PowerGrid has initiated trial operations of the 1,500 MW high voltage direct current Champa - Kurukshetra transmission System. A company statement said, "Pole-I of ±800kV has been successfully completed and the Pole has been put to commercial operations."

The statement noted that the system is a part of the ±800kV, 3,000MWWR-NR HVDC Interconnector Transmission System for Independent Power Producer Projects in Chhattisgarh.

With commercial operation of Pole-I, HVDC Terminal at Champa (in Western Region) & Kurukshetra (in Northern Region) along with 2,576 Ckm Champa - Kurukshetra HVDC Transmission line have been commissioned, at a total cost of about ₹ 6,300 crore.

The transmission system would facilitate in meeting controlled power flow requirement, flexibility of operation as well as maintaining system parameters within limits through its control mechanism. The link augments the inter-regional capacity of Northern Region with Western Region, thereby facilitating economic dispatch of power and exchange of surplus power between Northern Region and Western Region, depending on the availability of generation and load demand in each region.

Further, Pole-II of 1500MW capacity, is also expected to be commissioned by June 2017. This project will enable transfer of power from IPP generation projects coming up in Raigarh, Champa, and Raipur generation complex in Chhattisgarh to demand centres of Northern region viz. Haryana, Punjab, UP, Rajasthan and adjoining areas.

This transmission system is further being upgraded to 6,000 MW capacity with addition of 2nd HVDC Bipole (CK-2) of 3000MW, ±800kV HVDC Terminals under “Transmission system strengthening in WR-NR Transmission corridor for IPP Projects in Chhattisgarh” at an additional cost of about ₹ 5,200 crore, is expected to be completed by December 2018.

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