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Growing energy request and predominant powerfulness disruptions astatine Thamarassery, Koduvally, and Omassery regions successful Kozhikode territory of Kerala person intensified calls for the constitution of a 110 kV substation centred astir Thamarassery town. Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) officials said the projected substation is indispensable to flooded transmission losses, amended voltage quality, and guarantee uninterrupted powerfulness proviso to astir 70,000 consumers crossed the 3 electrical conception limits.
The portion has witnessed accelerated improvement successful caller years, portion colonisation density, particularly successful municipality pockets, has besides accrued significantly. According to the KSEB officials, the crisp emergence successful some single-phase and three-phase powerfulness connections person enactment terrible unit connected the existing organisation infrastructure.
Although a 110 kV substation exists nether the sanction ‘Thamarassery KSEB Substation,’ it is located astatine Perumpally successful Puthuppady grama panchayat. At present, lone 3 feeders from the substation service the Thamarassery section. Since the feeders widen for astir 35 kilometres, consumers often bash not person prime and uninterrupted powerfulness supply.
As treble feeders
The officials pointed retired that 2 of the 3 feeders — the 11 kV Thamarassery and 11 kV Chamora feeders — walk done astir 4 kilometres of densely wooded areas arsenic treble feeders (parallel feeders), resulting successful predominant powerfulness interruptions during the monsoon season. They said that whenever 1 feeder was unopen down for attraction oregon owed to faults, astir 80% of the Thamarassery conception faces powerfulness disruption.
The 11 kV feeders successful the borderline areas of the Koduvally and Omassery sections are mostly overloaded. The 11 kV Poonoor feeder besides passes done astir 10 kilometres of densely forested property land, further affecting proviso reliability.
Meanwhile, the 110 kV substation named aft Koduvally is situated astatine Madavoor. The Koduvally conception presently receives powerfulness done 11 kV feeders from the 220 kV Kunnamangalam, 66 kV NIT, and 110 kV Agasthyamoozhi substations.
The KSEB officials said determination was a wide knowing regarding the constitution of a 110 kV substation centred astir Thamarassery municipality and a 33 kV substation centred astir Koduvally town. Department-level discussions connected the projects are nether way.
KSEB authorities had earlier conducted preliminary surveys successful Thamarassery and successful Vavad and Kalaranthiri areas of Koduvally to place suitable onshore for the substations. An authoritative from the transmission helping has been assigned to oversee procedures related to the projected projects.
