HYDERABAD: To provide uninterrupted quality power to the IT corridor and surrounding areas, the Telangana government will soon commission a Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) of 400kv capacity at Raidurg. This will be the first 400kv GIS substation in the country with Monopole technology, Telangana Transco officials said.
The substation, which is being constructed at a cost of 1,400 crore, is expected to meet power demands from IT companies, IT campuses and also major infrastructure projects coming up in Gachibowli, financial district and surrounding areas.
Energy minister G Jagadish Reddy, chairman and MD of Telangana Transco and Genco D Prabhakar Rao and CMD of Telangana SPDCL G Raghuma Reddy inspected works on Wednesday.
“As of now 400kv power is being drawn from Shankarpally to Gachibowli and being supplied to the IT sector from the substation. Now 400kv lines have been laid directly from Kethireddypally on Vikarabad road near Moinabad and substation is being constructed with ultra-modern technology,” an official said.
The 400kv substation will not only ensure uninterrupted power, but also provide high voltage power supply without major transmission losses.
Jagadish Reddy said generally for constructing a 400kv substation along with 220kv, 132kv and 33 kv substation on one premises, 100 acre is required. But all the substations are housed at one place in just five acre at Raidurg around the ring road for the benefit of consumers.
The minister said the state government has been focussing on improvement of power infrastructure in the state especially Hyderabad. The facilities are being provided to meet the power demand for the next 30 to 40 years. A power circuit is being developed around Hyderabad to ensure that there would be no power interruption in any corner of the city.
“The GIS substation will also help to get an additional 2,000 MW of power to meet the city requirement,” the minister said. He said CM K Chandrasekhar Rao would formally inaugurate the sub-station.
