Vindhyachal
Vindhyachal is a town in
Mirzapur District of
Uttar Pradesh state in northern
India. The city is a
Hindu pilgrimage site, where according to
mythology a part of Sati (an
avatar of
Durga) fell. The river
Ganges flows through this city.
The word is sometimes used to describe the
Vindhya Range, a mountain range in central India.
Since 1989 there is a
HVDC-back-to-back station with a maximum transmission power of 500 megawatts and an operating voltage of 176 kV. The HVDC-back-to-back station at Vindhyachal is used for the interconnection of the
power grids of East and Central India. The equipment was built by
ABB Group.
* http://www.abb.com/global/abbzh/abbzh251.nsf!OpenDatabase&db=/global/gad/gad02181.nsf&v=17EA&e=us&m=100A&c=A01FB5D3AD8D2E0FC1256E2100330B65
* http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium/VINDHYA.htm
* http://www.transmission.bpa.gov/cigresc14/Compendium/Vindhya%20Pictures.pdf
