India’s ₹68,816 Crore Power Superhighway: West to East at 1,150 kV

India is set to build its highest-voltage power corridor. The National Committee on Transmission (NCT) has cleared a ₹68,816 crore, 1,150 kV UHVAC project connecting renewable hubs in Gujarat and Rajasthan to industrial and green hydrogen centres in eastern India via the Raigarh Kotra–Rourkela–Kolaghat route. Built for the 2031–32 energy roadmap, the network will integrate 12 GW of RE (Bhadla-IV & Ramgarh-II), 5.2 GW of thermal power (Raigarh), and battery storage (BESS).

News by Rahul Yelligetti.