India Approves $7.3 Billion High-Capacity Power Link to Back Renewables

India has just approved plans for a high-capacity power transmission corridor to help bring electricity from generation to demand centers. 34 billion 688 billion Indian rupees. At present, most of India’s transmission network consists of 765-kV lines. The plan, approved by the national transmission panel this week, is estimated to take about six years to build.

The first phase of the power corridor project includes connecting the states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and West Bengal and then linking with a 6,000-megawatt high-voltage transmission system. The project will link soaring solar and wind power capacity in India’s western states such as Rajasthan to the large industrial hubs in the eastern part of the country in states such as Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal.