Adani completes the largest inter-regional 765 KV Warora-Kurnool transmission line
Warora Kurnool Transmission Limited (WKTL), spanning 1,756 circuit kilometers across Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh, was fully commissioned by Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL). The project will strengthen the national grid to ensure a seamless power flow of 4500 MW between the Western region and the Southern region. It will strengthen the southern region grid and support large-scale integration of generation from renewable energy sources.
Warora Kurnool Transmission Limited (WKTL) was incorporated in April 2015 to establish an additional inter-regional alternate current link for import into the southern region, i.e., Warora-Warangal and Chilakaluripeta-Hyderabad-Kurnool, along with the creation of a 765/400 kV sub-station in Warangal. WKTL is the largest 765 kV D/C (Hexa conductor) TBCB (tariff-based competitive bidding) project ever awarded under a single scheme. It involved the laying of a 1756 ckm transmission line traversing across Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh and the construction of a 765 KV sub-station in Warangal on a build, own, operate and maintain basis.
This was awarded on a Tariff-based competitive bid (TBCB) to Essel InfraProjects Ltd in early 2016 and subsequently acquired by AESL in March 2021 following the stressed debt restructuring undertaken by lenders. The magnitude of the project can be gauged from the fact that a total of 1,03,000 MT of steel was used for erecting the towers. This equals the amount of material that would be needed to set up 10 Eiffel Towers. A total of 30,154 km of a conductor was used for the transmission lines, which is comparable to making three rounds of the moon.
What makes this important is that the required conductor material is made from specialized alloys. An engineering and execution marvel, two mid-stream towers of 102 m height each with pile foundations, was set up on the Krishna River for the first time ever. Planning and execution were crucial for this, as only a three-month working window was available during the year when the water level was low in the river. Among the other challenges were the erection of towers and the stringing of lines duly crossing 116 major power lines, railway-electrified tracks, and national highways.
Other superlative accomplishments included 1,524 ckm of stringing was completed in 11 months at a rate of 140 ckm/ month 100 MT tower was erected per day with an average of 15 gangs and a peak mobilization of 40 gangs. Peak mobilization of 2,000 workers across sites The project also braved two black swan global events: COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war. These caused disruptions in the entire commodity supply chain as well as led to repeated demobilization and mobilization challenges.
Warora Kurnool Transmission Limited (WKTL) was incorporated in April 2015 to establish an additional inter-regional alternate current link for import into the southern region, i.e., Warora-Warangal and Chilakaluripeta-Hyderabad-Kurnool, along with the creation of a 765/400 kV sub-station in Warangal. WKTL is the largest 765 kV D/C (Hexa conductor) TBCB (tariff-based competitive bidding) project ever awarded under a single scheme. It involved the laying of a 1756 ckm transmission line traversing across Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh and the construction of a 765 KV sub-station in Warangal on a build, own, operate and maintain basis.
This was awarded on a Tariff-based competitive bid (TBCB) to Essel InfraProjects Ltd in early 2016 and subsequently acquired by AESL in March 2021 following the stressed debt restructuring undertaken by lenders. The magnitude of the project can be gauged from the fact that a total of 1,03,000 MT of steel was used for erecting the towers. This equals the amount of material that would be needed to set up 10 Eiffel Towers. A total of 30,154 km of a conductor was used for the transmission lines, which is comparable to making three rounds of the moon.
What makes this important is that the required conductor material is made from specialized alloys. An engineering and execution marvel, two mid-stream towers of 102 m height each with pile foundations, was set up on the Krishna River for the first time ever. Planning and execution were crucial for this, as only a three-month working window was available during the year when the water level was low in the river. Among the other challenges were the erection of towers and the stringing of lines duly crossing 116 major power lines, railway-electrified tracks, and national highways.
Other superlative accomplishments included 1,524 ckm of stringing was completed in 11 months at a rate of 140 ckm/ month 100 MT tower was erected per day with an average of 15 gangs and a peak mobilization of 40 gangs. Peak mobilization of 2,000 workers across sites The project also braved two black swan global events: COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war. These caused disruptions in the entire commodity supply chain as well as led to repeated demobilization and mobilization challenges.
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