The HVDC Rihand–Delhi is a HVDC connection between Rihand and Dadri

Dadri

Dadri is a city and a municipal board in Gautam Buddha Nagar District in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-Geography:Dadri is located at . It has an average elevation of 216 metres .It has world largest power project.-Demographics:...

 (near Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

) in India, in service in 1990.
It connects the 3,000 MW coal-based thermal power Rihand complex in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

 to the Northern Region. The project has an 814 kilometres (505.8 mi) long bipolar overhead line. The transmission voltage is 500 kV and the maximum transmission power is 1,500 megawatts. The project was built by ABB.

Sites

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Coordinates
Rihand Static Inverter Plant	24°01′13"N 82°47′21"E
Dadri Static Inverter Plant	28°35′36"N 77°36′16"E

External links

• http://www.abb.com/global/abbzh/abbzh251.nsf!OpenDatabase&db=/global/gad/gad02181.nsf&v=17EA&e=us&m=100A&c=C1256D71001E0037C1256834002A779C
• http://web.archive.org/web/20051115122606/www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium/RIHAND.htm
• http://web.archive.org/web/20051115122606/www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium/Rihand%20Pictures.pdf