Power Grid Corporation approves Rs 2,247.37 Cr for its Green Energy Corridors project

News:

• Power Grid Corporation of India has approved Rs 2,247.37 crore investment plan for the third part of the inter-state electricity transmission project.
• PGCI has approved investment for Green Energy Corridors: Inter-State Transmission Scheme-Part A and B at an estimated cost of Rs 1,479.30 crore and Rs 3,705.61 crore, respectively.
• The Green Energy Corridor project is aimed at transmission of renewable energy from generation points to the load centres by creating intra-state and inter-state transmission infrastructure.
• It seeks to address intermittency and variability aspects as well as grid integration issues of large-scale renewable energy generation.

  Source: ET