The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, last month, approved the project on Green Energy Corridor (GEC) Phase-II-Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) for 13 GW renewable (RE) energy project in Ladakh.
The project involves setting up of 713 km transmission lines (including 480 km HVDC line) and five GW capacity of HVDC terminal each at Pang (Ladakh) and Kaithal (Haryana). It will also be connected to the Leh-Alusteng-Srinagar line which will help provide power to Jammu and Kashmir.
The transmission line for evacuating power will pass through Himachal Pradesh and Punjab up to Kaithal in Haryana, where it will be integrated with the national grid. An interconnection is also planned from this project in Leh to the existing Ladakh grid to ensure reliable power supply to Ladakh.
The project is targeted to be set up by FY30 with a total estimated cost of Rs 20,773.70 crore, and central financial assistance at 40 percent of the cost at Rs 8,309.48 crore. POWERGRID will be the implementing agency for this project.
The project will contribute to achieving 500 GW of installed electricity capacity target from non-fossil fuels by the year 2030. Earlier, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had prepared a plan to set up a 13 GW renewable energy generation capacity along with a 12 GWh battery energy storage system in Pang, Ladakh.
