UP to set up 2,600 km transmission network for green energy corridor
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh would create a 2,600 km long transmission network worth more than ₹5,000 crore to evacuate the upcoming solar power from the ultra-mega solar parks in Bundelkhand and other regions and inject the same into the grid, officials dealing with the issue said.
Green energy corridors are being set up in the county in two phases, with the second phase of the transmission corridor to supply 20 gigawatt (GW) renewable energy to the national grid. This would be supplied from Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. UP had no projects under the Green Energy Corridor-I.
“We will set up 27 substations of total 15280 MVA capacity connected to 2632 km-long transmission circuit (Lines) in two phases. The execution period of the first and the major phase will be the financial year 2022-2023 to 2024-2025 while the second phase will begin in 2023-24 and end in 2025-26,” UP Transmission Corporation Ltd (UPPTCL) managing director P Guru Prasad said.
