Reliance Industries will acquire a 100% equity stake in Lakadia B Power Transmission from REC Power Development and Consultancy (RECPDCL) for ₹80 million (~$923,782) to set up an interstate transmission system (ISTS) to evacuate up to 3.5 GW of renewable energy from Lakadia in Gujarat.

Lakadia B Power Transmission was incorporated on October 29, 2024, to set up the project and is yet to commence commercial operations.

The tender was floated in September 2024.

Reliance will design, engineer, construct, test, and commission the project.

It will conduct the project’s establishment, operation, and maintenance on a build, own, operate, and transfer basis. It will also prepare a detailed project report, arrange finance, oversee project management and surveys, obtain clearances and permits, and provide land compensation for the project.

Reliance will develop the transmission system to augment the transformation capacity at 765/400 kV Lakadia S/s (WRSS XXI (A) TRANSCO LTD) in Gujarat – Part B.

The transmission system will facilitate the 2.5 GW power integration beyond 1 GW from multiple renewable energy projects in the Lakadia renewable energy zone.

Reliance will also implement a 22 kV line bay for Juniper Green Energy, TEQ Green Power, Ganeko Solar, TEQ Green Power XVII, Renew Solar (Shakti Eight), Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India, Serentica Renewables India, RDS Solar Park, and Percentum Renewables.

It will install a 1×330 MVAr 765 kV bus reactor (2nd) along with an associated bay and augment the transformation capacity at Lakadia PS by 1×1500 MVA, 765/400 kV ICTs (3rd).

In October 2024, RECPDCL issued a request for proposal to establish an ISTS to evacuate 4.5 GW of power from Kurnool-IV Renewable Energy Zone Phase 1 in Andhra Pradesh.

RECPDCL  also invited bids to establish an ISTS to augment transformation capacity at Banaskantha (Raghanesda), Gujarat.