Long-distance transmission corridor to bring green power from Gujarat to Mumbai by year-end

MUMBAI: A major project to bring renewable energy from Gujarat to Mumbai through an “expressway” power corridor is underway and is likely to be commissioned by the year-end, industry sources told Mumbai Mirror recently.

This corridor–which has its last leg in Maharashtra called the Mumbai Urja corridor–will bring at least 2,000MW green energy from the solar-wind parks of Kutch to Vadodara (both in Gujarat) and then route it through Dhule to Padgha in Maharashtra. The energy will then be wheeled to Kharghar before being brought to 400KV receiving station at Vikhroli.

Sterlite Power, which is setting up the long-distance transmission lines, aims to enhance the transmission capacity for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region to cater to surge in power demand.