Power sector overcomes technological limitations, benefits from addition of 6,080 MW of super critical units in 11th plan

Efforts to overcome hindrances in the power sector are finally paying off, with the nation having managed to achieve great heights in the areas of capacity addition, electricity generation and technology.
8Although the government authorities have repeatedly faced flak for the sector's supposedly dismal performance over the past five years, the Central Electricity Authority's (CEA) recent report highlighting power sector accomplishments proves otherwise.
8The nation has benefitted immensely from the technological advancement during the previous plan period. Nine super critical technology units, totaling 6,080 MW, have been commissioned between FY 2007-08 and FY 2011-12. These include Adani, Mundra, Tata Mundra, Sipat, Jhajjhar, among others.
8For the 12th plan period, 24,000 MW of supercritical plants have been targeted for commissioning.
8One of the key areas of progress has been the extensive usage of gas insulated sub-stations of 400 kV and 765 kV levels, which has subsequently lead to reduced land requirement.
8As per the recent estimates, the land requirement is down 50%, from 120 acres to 60 acres for 765KV substation and 60 acres to 30 acres for 400KV substations.
8Moreover, large number of 765 KV D/C lines have been constructed to enable large capacity transmission on the same right of way (RoW). This has significantly reduced the land requirement from 128 metres to 69 metres.
8Besides this, the world's highest voltage line station of 1,200 kV transmission line, which was set up with indigenous technology, has been successfully tested.
8Further, the world's longest 800 kV HVDC multi-terminal bi-pole link is currently under implementation. The 2,000 km long link will connect Biswanath Chairali in north eastern region to Agra in western region.