Sea link to consume 1,000 KW power a day

The engineering marvel Bandra-Worli sea link, which opens on June 30, is likely to consume 1,000 KW power a day, enough to meet the electricity requirement of 100 households.

"We have installed a transmitter which has 1,000 KVA capacity. This has been placed keeping the demand in mind," Bajaj Electrical's head engineering project Lalit Mehta said.

KVA is a measure of demand load while KWH is a measure of usage. India's per-capita consumption is 750 KWH or 750 units, while the world average is 1,000 KWH per annum. A 40W tube can consume one KWH power in 250 hours.

Bajaj Electricals has got the Rs 9 crore (Rs 90 million) illumination job of the 5.6 kilometer-long bridge, which is going to be a tourist spot in the island city.

Power for illuminating the bridge would be supplied by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport and Reliance Power.

The bridge will house diesel generator sets and auto mains failure panels to cater to critical load like, monitoring, surveillance and communication equipment emergency services like aviation obstruction lights.