{
  "language": "en",
  "interfaceLanguage": "ar",
  "url": "https://voltformer.com/ar/news/powergrid-india-augments-765kv-substations-bhadla-ramgarh-fatehgarh-solar-corridors",
  "slug": "powergrid-india-augments-765kv-substations-bhadla-ramgarh-fatehgarh-solar-corridors",
  "category": "transformers-grid",
  "publishDate": "2026-09-28",
  "sourceName": "Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) & Central Electricity Authority",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.powergrid.in/en/news-press-releases/powergrid-augments-765kv-substations-rajasthan-solar-evacuation",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 5,
  "tags": [
    "POWERGRID",
    "765 kV Transformer",
    "Interconnecting Transformer",
    "Bhadla Solar Park",
    "Rajasthan",
    "Synchronous Condenser",
    "India Grid",
    "Renewable Evacuation"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "POWERGRID Augments 765 kV Hub Substations with 1,500 MVA Transformers to Evacuate 20 GW Rajasthan Solar",
    "summary": "Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has commissioned massive 765/400 kV interconnecting transformer (ICT) augmentations and 300 Mvar synchronous condenser units across the Ramgarh, Bhadla-III, and Fatehgarh-II substations in Rajasthan to evacuate over 20 GW of mega solar park generation.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Super-Grid Transformation in the Thar Desert",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Western Rajasthan hosts some of the world’s largest ultra-mega solar power parks, including the sprawling Bhadla and Fatehgarh complexes. To handle sudden solar generation surges and wheel electricity across the Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) to northern and western industrial states, POWERGRID executed major substation capacity expansions.",
          "At Ramgarh and Kanpur (PG), new banks of single-phase 765/400 kV 500 MVA autotransformers (forming 1,500 MVA three-phase banks) were energized, manufactured under domestic Make-in-India programs with high-permeability CRGO steel cores and automated online moisture management."
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Synchronous Condensers for Short-Circuit Strength at Fatehgarh-II",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Because the massive concentration of grid-following solar inverters drastically suppressed the regional Short-Circuit Ratio (SCR) to near-critical thresholds (<1.8), POWERGRID integrated utility-scale synchronous condensers at the Fatehgarh-II 765 kV pooling substation.",
          "The synchronous condensers inject instantaneous dynamic reactive power and physical rotational inertia, stabilizing grid frequency during sudden cloud cover transients and high-voltage line faults."
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Pioneering 765 kV Double-Circuit Line Corridors",
        "paragraphs": [
          "The substation augmentations operate in synchrony with the newly commissioned 765 kV double-circuit Ramgarh–Bhadla III transmission line, creating an ultra-robust 765 kV ring that slashes transmission losses by 22% compared to parallel 400 kV circuits.",
          "The commissioning keeps India firmly on track toward its national target of 500 GW of non-fossil generation capacity by 2030."
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "companies": []
}