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

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India has approved a roughly $7.34 billion, 1,150-kV transmission corridor designed to move electricity from generation sites to demand centers and support renewable power. Construction is expected to take about six years, with the first phase beginning the project.

India has just approved plans for a high-capacity power transmission corridor to help bring electricity from generation to demand centers.  The 1,150-kilovolt (kV) system, which will be India’s highest-voltage power corridor, is expected to cost about $7.34 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…