Northern Grid

Salient Features

1)

Installed generation capacity

(as on 31st March, 2000)

 

 

26469.92 MW

2)

Effective generation capacity

(as on 31st  March, 2000)

 

 

25957.06 MW

3)

Largest Generating Stations

--Thermal (coal fired)

--Hydro

--Nuclear

--Thermal (gas fired)

 

 

Singrauli STPS (NTPC)

Bhakra Complex (BBMB)

RAPS Complex (NPC)

Dadri GPS (NTPC)

 

2000 MW

1437.65 MW

520 MW

829.78 MW

4)

Largest generating unit size

--Thermal (coal fired)

--Nuclear

--Hydro

--Thermal (gas fired)

 

 

Singrauli/Rihand/Anpara

Narora APS/RAPS-B

Chamera

Faridabad GPS

 

500 MW

220 MW

180 MW

143 MW

5)

Largest transmission elements

 

Longest-400 kV line-- Singrauli-Kanpur-I

 

Largest ICT-400/220 kV ICTs at Bhiwani/Dadri/S/Stn.

 

 

 

434 Kms.

 

500 MVA

6)

Transmission system

(as on 31st March 2000)

+ 500 kV HVDC

400 kV

220 kV

Total

 

  1630 ckt. kms.

11065 ckt. kms.

22247 ckt. kms.

37942 ckt. kms.

7)

No. of generating units (Thermal/nuclear)

500 MW

200/210/220/250 MW

100/110 MW

50/55/60/62.5/67.5 MW

 6 nos.

41 nos.

26 nos.

18 nos.

 

8)

Regional peak met (1999-2000)

 

19341 MW

9)

Regional Peak demand (1999-2000)

 

21083 MW

10)

Average energy consumption (1999-2000)

 

350.73 MU / day

11)

Average energy requirement (1999-2000)

375.44 MU / day

 

POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.
Northern Regional Load Despatch Center
18-A, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, Katwaria Sarai
NEW DELHI