(Dec 4, 2014)

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Frequency
 Installed Capacity during 12th and 13th Plans (in MW)
Plan-Wise Generation Addition (Region - Wise)
Up to July Balance in XII Addition in Total (End of
2014 Plan XIII Plan XIII Plan)
(Actual) (B) (C) (D = A+B+C)
(A)
NR 64387 20929 16890 102206
WR 91847 36709 20262 148818
SR 57232 38650 23076 118958
ER 33881 12738 31195 77813
NER 2910 3511 8202 14623
Bhutan 1416 3066 2120 6602
Total 251673 115603 101745 469020

*88537 MW planned capacity + 9624 MW additional capacity, + about 25000

MW capacity under construction, and about 33000 MW of renewable capacity
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 Transmission System Required upto 13th Plan Condition
Transmission Lines
Expected Expected Expected Expected
(400kV and above At end of 11th
Addition in 12th by end of 12th Addition in by end of
system) Plan
Plan Plan 13th Plan 13th Plan
(values in ckm)
HVDC Bipole lines 9432 7440 16872 10600 27472
765 kV 5250 27000 32250 22200 54450
400 kV 106819 38000 144819 30000 174819
Total 121501 72440 193941 62800 256741
Substations (AC & Expected Expected Expected
At end of 11th Expected Addition
HVDC) (400kV and by end of 12th Addition in 13 by end of 13th
th
Plan in 12th Plan
above) Plan Plan Plan
HVDC Terminals:
HVDC back-to-back 3000 0 3000 0 3000
HVDC Bipole terminals 6750 12750 19500 15000 34500
Total- HVDC Terminal
9750 12750 22500 15000 37500
Capacity, MW
AC Substations
765 kV 25000 149000 174000 79000 253000
400 kV 151027 45000 196027 49000 245027
Total- AC Substation
176027 194000 370027 128000 498027
capacity, MVA

Total Fund requirement would be about Rs 2,60,000 Crore

(assuming about Rs. 100,000 crore for 220kV and below systems)
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 Investment Trend in Transmission Sector
250000

200000
200000
180000

150000
Rs. in Crs.

Private

State
100000
Central
69458
57080 Total
50000

0
X Plan XI Plan XII Plan (Proposed) XII Plan (Estimated)
Evolving Voltage Landscape

Bishwanath Bishwanath
Delhi Chariali Delhi Chariali

Agra Agra

Jaipur Jaipur
Gwalior Gwalior
Ahmadabad Ahmadabad

Mumbai Mumbai

Hyderabad Hyderabad

Bangalore Chennai Bangalore Chennai

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram

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Frequency
National Grid – Present and Envisaged
Existing
Present IR Capacity: 40,650 MW

Planned IR Capacity: 68,050 MW

Envisaged

NR
17,930MW
16,920MW 1,260MW NER
8,720MW 14,230MW

6,490MW

WR ER
12,790MW
5,720MW
3,630MW
5,820MW 3,630MW IR Power Transfer Capacity 68050
(at the end of Plan period)

SR 28000
14100
5100

Picture does not include various 132kV 2002 2007 2012 2017
lines aggregating 600 MW of IR capacity

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Frequency
 Major Transmission works

High Capacity Corridors

 11 Nos of High Capacity Corridors under implementation
 Total Investment : About Rs. 65000 Crs.
 Commissioning started progressively, major portion to be
commissioned by 2014-15

Tr. Schemes agreed (to be implemented by POWERGRID)

 About 20,000 CKMs., 13 New S/s, 50,000 MVA
 3 nos. SVCs, 13 nos. STATCOMs, 4 nos. Fault Limiters
 Total Investment : About Rs. 42000 Crs.
Creation of Transmission Highways

Cluster of
Concentrated
Demand
pockets

Cluster of
Generation
pockets
 Other ISTS Transmission Schemes

Under bidding process

 7000 CKMs, 9 New S/s
 Total Est. Cost : About Rs. 15000 Crs.

Approved
 Transmission Lines
 HVDC – 1750 ckm
 765 kV – 9000 ckm
 400 kV – 7050 ckm
 220 kV - 500 ckm
 132 kV -270 ckm
 Other ISTS Transmission Schemes

Approved
 Substations
 HVDC – 2 nos
 765 kV – 8 nos.
 400 kV – 8 nos.
 220 kV - 1 no.

Transformation capacity – 35000 MVA

Total Cost – Rs. 73000 Cr.

 Strengthening of Existing Transmission Corridors

Northern Region:
o Singrauli – Anpara 400 kV S/c line
o Meerut – Muzaffarnagar 400 kV S/c line
o Ballabagarh – Badarpur 220 kV S/c line

Southern Region:
o Kolar – Hosur 400 kV D/c line
o Kaiga – Guttur 400 kV D/c line

Eastern Region:
o Maithon RB – Maithon 400 kV D/c line
o Maithon – Raghunathpur 400 kV line
o Jeypore – Jayanagar 220 kV D/c line

North Eastern Region:

o Biswanath Chariyali – Balipara 400 kV 2XD/c line
o Balipara – Bongaigaon 400 kV D/c line
o Byrnihat –Misa 220 kV D/c line (to be upgraded
to 400 kV High capacity line)

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 Green Energy Corridors
• Huge transmission & control infrastructure requirement for Grid integration of
large scale renewables

• Development of Green Energy Corridors in 12th plan (ISTS): Rs 12,992 Cr

• High Capacity Inter State Transmission corridors for grid integration of Renewables
(Estimated Cost : Rs 9100Cr)
• Line – 2600 ckt km, Transformation Capacity : 18,000 MA, New S/s- 6 nos.
 Green Energy Corridors
• Development of Green Energy Corridors in 12th plan

• Control infrastructure

 Dynamic reactive Compensation at strategic locations (SVCs/STATCOMs)

Estimated Cost : Rs 1204Cr

 PMUs/WAMS on pooling stations and interconnection with centralized control

centre for real time information, monitoring and control
Estimated Cost : Rs 473Cr

 Establishment of Renewable Energy Management Centers (REMC)

Estimated Cost : Rs 234Cr

 Deployment of Energy Storage Systems

Estimated Cost : Rs 2,000Cr
 Transmission requirement for Desert Power
 About 315 GW renewable generation capacity envisaged in deserts (Rann of Kutch
/Gujarat,
Thar/Rajasthan,Ladakh/J&K and Lahul & Spiti/Himachal) by 2050
• Short term requirement : end of 13th Plan
(2021-22)
- Envisaged capacity : 11GW
- HVDC Bipole : 4 nos. (2 nos. VSC based)
- Estimated investment : Rs 20,000Cr

• Medium term transmission requirement

for 14th & 15th Plan (2022-32) :
- Envisaged capacity : 119GW
- HVDC Bipole : 10 nos. (8 nos. VSC based)
- Estimated investment : Rs 1,85,000Cr

• Long term transmission requirement (2032-

50) :
- Envisaged capacity : 170GW
- HVDC Bipole : 26 nos. (18 nos. VSC)
- Estimated investment : Rs 2,45,000Cr

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One transmission
Grid investment requirement in Deserts : Rs 4,50,000 Cr
 Transmission requirement for Solar UMPPs

• Transmission scheme associated with • Transmission scheme associated

Sambhar Solar Ultra Mega project with Ladakh (Leh/Kargil) Solar Ultra
Mega project (10,000MW)
(4000MW)
(Estimated Cost : Rs 29,000Cr)
(Estimated Cost : Rs 8,000Cr)
 Future Business Potential in RE
• MNRE has envisaged 234GW Renewable Capacity mainly through wind & solar by
2030

• MNRE has also formulated accelerated solar scale up targets of 100GW by 2022

• Huge transmission & control infrastructure requirement for grid integration of

large scale renewables

• Development of Green Energy Corridors in 12th plan (ISTS): Rs 12,992 Cr

• High Capacity Inter State Transmission corridors for grid integration of Renewables
(Estimated Cost : Rs 9100Cr)

• Line – 2600 ckt km, Transformation Capacity : 18,000 MA, New S/s- 6 nos.
 Future Business Potential in RE

• Development of Green Energy Corridors in 12th plan

• Control infrastructure

 Dynamic reactive Compensation at strategic locations (SVCs/STATCOMs)

Estimated Cost : Rs 1204Cr

 PMUs/WAMS on pooling stations and interconnection with centralized

control centre for real time information, monitoring and control
Estimated Cost : Rs 473Cr

 Establishment of Renewable Energy Management Centers (REMC)

Estimated Cost : Rs 234Cr

 Deployment of Energy Storage Systems

Estimated Cost : Rs 2,000Cr
 Future Business Potential in RE
• Transmission scheme associated with Sambhar Solar Ultra Mega project
(4000MW)
(Estimated Cost : Rs 8,000Cr)

• Transmission scheme associated with Ladakh (Leh/Kargil) Solar Ultra Mega

project (10,000MW)
(Estimated Cost : Rs 29,000Cr)
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