The consortium of BHEL and Hitachi Energy India will design and execute a 6 GW, 1,200 km-long high voltage direct current link for transmission of renewable energy from Khavda in Gujarat to the industrial center of Nagpur in Maharashtra.

Nov 26, 2024

The consortium of Hitachi Energy India Limited and the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have secured an order from the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited to design and execute a high voltage direct current (HVDC) link for transmission of renewable energy from Khavda in Gujarat to the industrial center of Nagpur in Maharashtra.

BHEL said in a filing that the order, involving the designing and execution of the 800kV, 6 GW, 1,200 km High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) terminal stations for evacuation of RE, would be executed by 2029.

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POWERGRID awarded the order on behalf of its Project SPV (special purpose vehicle) company.

The state-owned power transmission company had secured Khavda Phase V: Part A Power Transmission, the first-ever HVDC project tendered through a tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) process, and subsequently selected BHEL & Hitachi Energy India for the implementation of bi-directional parallel HVDC bipoles and associated AC substations for power evacuation.

This 1,200-km project is part of the interstate transmission system (ISTS) for evacuating 8 GW RE under Phase V: Part A from the Khavda Renewable Energy Zone in Gujarat, feeding into the country’s 500 GW renewable evacuation and transmission plan.

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The scope of the project included the delivery of converter transformers, AC/DC control and protection, gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear, thyristor valves, 765kV/400kV substation and auxiliary systems, said Hitachi Energy Limited.