Sterlite Power’s Mumbai Urja Marg Transmission Ltd (MUML) has successfully commissioned the 400kV Banaskantha, Kansari and Vadavi transmission line in Gujarat.
The high voltage transmission line will help in the evacuation of around 1,000 MW of renewable power from the pooling station at Bhuj in northern Gujarat to the national grid.
The transmission line, commissioned four months ahead of schedule, will significantly augment the available power transmission capacity of Gujarat to 11,200 MW from the present 9,300 MW.
Decongestion of regional network
This critical transmission line, part of the larger Western Region Strengthening Scheme-XIX (WRSS-XIX) and North-Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme-IX (NERSS-IX), will also decongest the regional network by reducing the burden on existing transmission lines comprising 400kV double-circuit Banaskantha-Veloda, 400kV single-circuit Bhinmal-Zerda (Kansari) and 400kV single-circuit Kankroli-Zerda (Kansari).
RE in Gujarat
Gujarat significantly contributes towards the renewable energy goals of the country. Against India’s renewable capacity of 90 GW, the state’s contribution stands at around 12 GW. On the back of its strong energy infrastructure, Gujarat aims to establish more than 67 GW of renewable energy by 2030.
Enabler of RE goals
Manish Agarwal, Director & CEO, India Transmission Business, Sterlite Power, said, “We are happy to demonstrate our project execution capabilities by ensuring timely execution of this critical transmission line for the state of Gujarat. The transmission corridors are critical infrastructure for the nation given their importance in connecting the power surplus centres with the power deficit corners. Not only this, the success of transmission projects is also imperative to India’s RE vision as it is a critical enabler of RE integration into the grid.”
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Change of name
Sterlite Power acquired the MUML SPV in June 2020 to execute this large inter-state transmission system (ISTS) project. The entire debt funding of Rs.2,070 crore for the project has been provided by Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC).
It may be recalled that as reported by T&D India, CERC, in its order dated August 25, 2022, approved the name change of the project SPV to “Mumbai Urja Marg Ltd” that was earlier known as Vapi-II North Lakhimpur Transmission Ltd. (Read more)
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