The Indian power infrastructure developer Sterlite Power has commissioned the 5 GW Lakadia-Vadodara electricity transmission project, which will deliver power from the wind and solar energy zones of Bhuj and Kutch, in the Indian state of Gujarat, to the rest of the country. The inter-state transmission project, built with an investment of INR20.2bn (US$247m), connects the 765/400 kV substation in Lakadia to Vadodara through a 335 km long, 765 kV double-circuit transmission line. The transmission project is part of the 30 GW hybrid renewable energy park, which is currently being developed in the Kutch district of Gujarat.
Sterlite Power has a portfolio of 30 completed, sold, and under-construction projects covering approximately 14,602 circuit km of transmission lines across India and Brazil.
In December 2022, India’s Power Ministry 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.