Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd (PowerGrid) has awarded the consortium of Hitachi Energy India Ltd and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) to design and execute the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link to transmit renewable energy from Khavda in Gujarat to the industrial center of Nagpur in Maharashtra. The ±800 kV, 6,000 MW bi-pole and bi-directional HVDC link is part of the transmission system to transfer power from the potential renewable energy zone in the Khavda area of Gujarat under Phase-V (8 GW): Part A, which was awarded to PowerGrid on tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) basis.
This project crosses 1,200-kilometer (km) and feeds into the country’s 500-gigawatt (GW) renewable evacuation and interstate transmission system.
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