North-East Agra UHVDC link
Connecting power from the Northeast region with the rest of India
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World’s
first multi-terminal
ultra-high-voltage
Agra
The link is
direct current link
The link will have the capability – at full converter capacity – to transmit
6,000 MW
of electricity
equivalent to the generation
of 8 large power plants
Once commissioned, the North-East Agra power
connection will transmit power over long distances
through the very narrow Siliguri Corridor connecting
the northeast of India with the rest of the country.
… enough to meet the needs of
1,728 km long
90 million Indian citizens
which is approximately the distance
from Kolkata to Bangkok
That is more than the population
of Germany.