Pipalkoti HEP – Pipalkoti Line is a 400kV overhead line with a length of 36km from Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project, Uttarakhand, India, to Pipalkoti, Kuwari Pass, Uttarakhand, India.

The project, which is currently in the planning stage, is expected to be commissioned in 2022.

Description

Pipalkoti HEP – Pipalkoti Line is an overhead line that will be operated by Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand. The line will carry alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.

The development of the Pipalkoti HEP – Pipalkoti Line project has been approved by the Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Pipalkoti HEP – Pipalkoti Line project development status

The construction works on the Pipalkoti HEP – Pipalkoti Line project will be commenced in 2021 and commissioning is expected in 2022.

Contractors involved

Tata Projects was appointed by Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand to undertake the construction works on the Pipalkoti HEP – Pipalkoti Line project.

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.