Power Grid Corporation of India Plans Capacity of 37,000-MW by 2017

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)

State-owned transmission network provider Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Gurgaon, India) has announced plans to enhance India's power transmission capacity to 37,000-MW by the end of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan (2012-2017). The capacity enhancement is part of the long-term unified national power grid strategy envisioned by the company. The project is expected to be completed in phases.
In line with this strategy, Power Grid Corporation of India commissioned a double-circuit transmission line between Ranchi and Sipat that will help increase the capacity of power transfer between the western and eastern sectors of the country from the present 1,800-MW to 3,000-MW. In December 2008, the company also commenced with the full capacity utilization of the Bihar Shariff-Sasaram-Allahabad link to enable a 500-MW enhancement of transmission capacity between the eastern and northern regions. The power transfer capacity between these regions after enhancement is around 4,000-MW.