Ghatampur TPS – Kanpur Line is a 400kV overhead line with a length of 120km from Ghatampur Thermal Power Station, Uttar Pradesh, India, to Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Construction works on the Ghatampur TPS – Kanpur Line started in 2019 and the project was commissioned in 2021.

Description

The Ghatampur TPS – Kanpur Line, which is an overhead line, is being operated by Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission. The Ghatampur TPS – Kanpur Line is a new line. The line carries alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.

Ghatampur TPS – Kanpur Line project development status

The development of the Ghatampur TPS – Kanpur Line project was approved by Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission in 2019 and the project works were completed in 2021.

Contractors involved

Adani Transmission was appointed by Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission to supply the cables for executing the 400kV Ghatampur TPS – Kanpur Line.

About Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission

Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corp Ltd (UPPTCL) is a power transmission company. The company operates in the business of acquiring, establishing, constructing, take over, erect, lay, operate, run, manage, hire, lease, buy, sells and maintain transmission lines. It also enlarges, alter, renovate, modernize, work and use electrical transmission lines. UPPTCL operates network through extra high voltage associated sub-stations, cables, wires, connected with transmission ancillary services, telecommunication and tele metering equipment. The company operates transmission lines and substations. UPPTCL is headquartered in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Methodology

All publicly-announced T&D Line & Substation projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects is sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific utility players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.