India’s Power Ministry has unveiled a INR2,440bn (US$30bn) plan to build over 50,000 km of electricity transmission lines, intended to evacuate India’s planned renewable power capacity of 500 GW by 2030. The transmission infrastructure required includes 8,120 km of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission corridors, 25,960 km of 765 kV alternative current lines, 15,758 km of 400 kV lines and 1,052 km of 220 kV cable.
A transmission system will also be developed to evacuate 10 GW of offshore wind power in the Indian states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu for INR280bn (US$3.4bn). In addition, the scheme plans the installation of 51.5 GW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) by 2030, expected to provide reliable power to Indian consumers.
The plan will boost India’s inter-regional transmission capacity from 112 GW currently to 150 GW by 2030, which will be necessary to connect upcoming solar and wind plants to India’s grid.
At the end of 2021, India had over 140 GW of renewable capacity (nearly 33% of total installed capacity). The country currently has over 17 GW of renewable capacity under construction and around 200 GW under development.
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