A consortium of Bharat Heavy Electricals and Hitachi Energy India has received a letter of intent from Rajasthan Part I Power Transmission to set up high-voltage direct current line commutated converters (HDVC LCC) terminal stations in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

The project includes 6,000 MW HDVC LLC terminal stations at Bhadla III in Rajasthan and Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh and an 800 kV HVDC station (4×1,500 MW) between these locations, along with related AC substations.

Rajasthan Part I Power Transmission is a special-purpose vehicle of Adani Energy Solutions established to evacuate renewable energy from the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Zone.

The project is expected to be completed by 2030.

Adani Energy Solutions had won the ₹250 billion (~$2.89 billion) Bhadla-Fatehpur HVDC transmission project from REC Power Development and Consultancy’s under the tariff-based competitive bidding mechanism, the first project to be awarded to the private sector.

The transmission project is part of a larger program to evacuate an additional 20 GW of renewable power from the renewable energy zones in Rajasthan under Phase III Part I.

According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), expanding India’s transmission system from 2022 to 2027 will include the addition of 114,687 ckm of transmission lines and 776,330 MVA of transformation capacity at 220 kV and above. Additionally, 1,000 MW of HVDC bi-pole capacity is planned. These developments will bring the total transmission line length to 571,403 ckm, the transformation capacity to 18,47,280 MVA, and the HVDC bi-pole capacity to 34,500 MW by the end of 2027.

While these projects are crucial for integrating renewable energy into the national grid, the limited funding for the Green Energy Corridor (GEC) could pose significant hurdles. In the recent budget, the allocated expenditure for the GEC remained unchanged at ₹6 billion (~$69.24 million). Experts warn that India’s clean energy ambitions could face setbacks if transmission infrastructure fails to keep pace with the surge in renewable energy installations and grid connectivity applications.