Gurugram, 05.01.2023: President of India, DroupadiMurmu virtually dedicated transmission system builtfor evacuation of 8.9 GW of solar power in Bhadla, Fatehgarh and Bikaner regions of Rajasthan at a function held at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur on 3rdJanuary, 2023.
The transmission system has been built by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna company of Ministry of Power, Government of India. Governor of Rajasthan, Kalraj Mishra, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot, senior officials of Government of Rajasthan, Central Government and POWERGRID were also present during the occasion.
Energy transition in the country is happening at an accelerated pace through large scale grid integration of Renewable Energy. By the year 2030, more than 500 GW of non-fossil fuel-based generation capacity is envisaged. Government of India has planned various inter-state transmission scheme for renewable energy integration.
Under Phase-I, 8.9 GW of solar power was envisaged from Rajasthan and POWERGRID has developed inter-state transmission system for evacuation of power from various complexes such as Bhadla- 3.55 GW, Fatehgarh- 3.5 GW and Bikaner-1.85 GW. 3 sub-stations at Fatehgarh, Bhadla&Khetri, 1872 circuit kms of EHV transmission lines and 12,500 MVA transformation capacity have been added to the Inter State Transmission System. The solar complexes in the region have now been connected to the National Grid. The total cost of the project is Rs. 4,928 Crore. After completion of the project, renewable energy from solar complexes of Rajasthan is easily accessible to millions of consumers across the country.
The total transmission assets of POWERGRID and its subsidiaries as on December 31, 2022 include 1,73,791 circuit km of transmission lines, 270 substations and transformation capacity of 4,93,042 MVA. With the use of state-of-the-art maintenance techniques, automation and digitisation, POWERGRID has maintained transmission system availability more than 99%.
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