Green power transmission units’ auctions gain speed

Oct 30, 2021
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₹10,000-cr. price auctions in course of

Energy transmission challenge associated auctions in India are gaining momentum to assist the nation’s capability addition in renewables.

In keeping with knowledge collated from Ministry of Energy, Central Electrical energy Authority (CEA) and Crisil report, transmission tasks price nearly ₹10,000 crore are below varied phases of the public sale course of within the inter-State transmission bidding.

Of this, 80% are part of Inexperienced Power Corridors (GEC). These are devoted Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) tasks sanctioned by the Ministry of Energy to evacuate large-scale renewable power from renewable energy-rich zones within the nation.

These ‘inexperienced’ transmission corridors will evacuate energy generated in eight renewable-rich States of Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Venture bids estimated at ₹8,540 crore (80% of the entire estimate of ₹10,598 crore) are apportioned for these vital GEC tasks that are specifically designed in direction of assembly India’s renewable power objective of 450 GW by 2030.

Of the entire ₹8,540 crore, GEC bid price ₹686 crore for renewable power evacuation from Koppal (Karnataka) has already been awarded whereas bids price ₹2,800 crore will likely be lined up inside the subsequent month.

The request for proposals for these tasks have already been launched by the Centre and a few of them are within the ultimate leg of the public sale course of, trade officers stated.

Nationwide Infrastructure Pipeline had already outlined a capex of ₹3.04 trillion within the transmission section (principally interstate).

As well as, 44 new energy transmission tasks, principally GECs, have been already recognized by Nationwide Committee on Transmission that are anticipated to come back up for aggressive bidding within the coming fiscals.

India is without doubt one of the few nations that has opened its transmission sector for personal participation.

The Nationwide Tariff Coverage 2006, which launched tariff-based aggressive bidding (TBCB) tips for all transmission tasks, promoted competitors within the development of transmission infrastructure and thereby inspired larger funding by personal enterprise within the sector.


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