The National Grid is the high voltage electricity transmission network that connects power stations and major substations across India, allowing electricity generated anywhere in the country to be used to meet demand elsewhere. It is owned and maintained by the state-owned Power Grid Corporation of India and operated by the Power System Operation Corporation. India began managing its grid on a regional basis in the 1960s, and the five regional grids, Northern, Eastern, Western, North Eastern and Southern, were fully interconnected into one nationwide synchronous grid with the commissioning of a transmission line at the end of 2013. As of mid 2020 the grid carried an installed generation capacity of more than 371 gigawatts, and it also links synchronously to Bhutan and asynchronously to Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal.
Facts
SignificanceOne of the largest operational synchronous grids in the world. 1 Sources
1. National Grid (India) (Wikipedia)
History
31 December 2013 with the commissioning of the 765 kV Raichur-Solapur transmission line, thereby establishing the National Grid
Lead section
It is one of the largest operational synchronous grids in the world
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As of mid 2020 the grid carried an installed generation capacity of more than 371 gigawatts, and it also links synchronously to Bhutan and asynchronously to Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal.
In Group: Continental and National Power Grids, Introduction
The National Grid is the high-voltage electricity transmission network in India, connecting power stations and major substations and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere in India can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere.
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