New Delhi, Dec 20 (Agency) Adani Transmission has completed construction of one of India’s longest intra-state transmission lines of 897 circuit km in Uttar Pradesh by its subsidiary Ghatampur Transmission. The long-distance transmission line is a tariff based competitive bidding (TBCB) project comprising 98 circuit km of 400kv d/c twin moose line and 799 circuit km of 765kv s/c quad bersimis high-capacity line in Agra, Greater Noida and Hapur in the state, ATL said on Monday. The loan facility for the project was secured by GTL from a consortium of lenders, Power Finance Corporation of India (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation (REC).
This project has been developed under a public-private partnership mode on a build-own-operate- maintain (BOOM) basis to provide transmission services to long-term transmission customers with 35 years of runway ahead. The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) approved the work during the 36th standing committee meeting on power system planning in India’s northern region. The project will evacuate power from 3x660MW Ghatampur TPS owned by the Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited which is a joint venture between Neyveli Lignite Corporation and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam. Once operational, the Ghatampur thermal generation power plant of UP and Neyveli Lignite Corporation is expected to generate 14,000 million units (MU) of energy each year to meet UP’s future power requirement. India’s largest private sector power transmission and retail distribution company is playing a significant role in the Indian grid networks, according to Anil Sardana, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ATL.
The project will improve reliability, operational efficiency and the robustness of UP’s power system network, especially benefitting the areas of Kanpur, Agra, Greater Noida and Hapur,” said Sardana. Adani Transmission will play a key role in evacuation of electricity from this thermal power plant through five DISCOMs operational in UP to several parts of the state and thereby boost economic development. The project completion amid the Central and state governments’ resolve of ‘24×7 power for all’, brings ATL’s operational and under-construction assets add-up to more than 18,300 circuit km and closer to the target of 20,000 circuit km by 2022.