POWERGRID acquires TBCB Route’s first HVDC project Khavda VA Power Transmission

The task SPV, with an estimated outgo of Rs 24,819 Crore (as per NCT estimations), is portion of the strategy designed for evacuating 8 GW of renewable vigor nether Phase V: Part A from the Khavda Renewable Energy Zone successful Gujarat, 1 of the largest RE zones successful the country.

The task includes constitution of 6000 MW, ± 800 kV HVDC terminals astatine KPS2 (Gujarat) & Nagpur (Maharashtra), ± 800 kV HVDC Bipole transmission enactment betwixt KPS2 & Nagpur (~1200 km) traversing done Gujarat and Maharashtra, LILO of Wardha – Raipur 765 kV D/C enactment astatine Nagpur successful Maharashtra, including the proviso and installation of assorted associated instrumentality oregon interconnections astatine terminal stations.

POWERGRID, done its assorted projects SPVs, which person been acquired done tariff bidding route, is implementing assorted Transmission System Projects being constructed connected build, own, run and transportation (BOOT) basis.

These projects volition augment the Indian transmission infrastructure to evacuate Green Energy to the National Grid thereby reducing dependency connected fossil fuels, successful enactment with the Government of India’s imaginativeness of achieving a 500 GW renewable vigor people by twelvemonth 2030.

As of November 15, 2024, POWERGRID has commissioned and is operating 280 sub-stations and much than 1,78,975 ckm transmission lines and 5,43,961 MVA of translation capacity. With the adoption of the latest technological tools and techniques, enhanced usage of automation. and integer solutions, POWERGRID has been capable to support an mean transmission strategy availability of much than 99.8 per cent.