Green energy corridor phase-I makes major headway

Second phase to be completed by 2027

- ARUNIMA BHARADWAJ

OF THE PLANNED 24 gigawatt (GW) of transmission capacity to aid evacuation of green power from renewable energy zones across the country under the Green Energy Corridor (GEC) initiative, 20 GW capacity has been commissioned so far.

The first phase of GEC is expected to be completed very shortly, official sources, who did not wish to be identified, told FE.

"We have almost completed Phase-I of the Green Energy Corridor. Of the 24 GW, 20 GW is already commissioned and the remaining is left owing to certain last mile issues such as RoW (Right of Way) etc.

"Out of the 8 states, 4 states have completed 100% work, another four have also completed approximately 90-94% of the work. Phase 1 will be completed very shortly," the official further said.

The Green Energy Corridor project started off in 2015. It comprised Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) and Intra State Transmission System (InSTS). The project also involved the setting up of Renewable Energy Management Centre (REMC) and certain control infrastructures like, reactive compensation, storage systems, etc.

Central Financial Assistance (CFA) is provided to set up transmission infrastructure for evacuation of power from renewable energy projects.