The consortium of Hitachi Energy India Ltd and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will design and execute the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link to transmit renewable energy from Khavda in Gujarat to the industrial center of Nagpur in Maharashtra.

Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd (PowerGrid) has awarded the consortium of Hitachi Energy India Ltd and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) to design and execute the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link to transmit renewable energy from Khavda in Gujarat to the industrial center of Nagpur in Maharashtra. The ±800 kV, 6,000 MW bi-pole and bi-directional HVDC link is part of the transmission system to transfer power from the potential renewable energy zone in the Khavda area of Gujarat under Phase-V (8 GW): Part A, which was awarded to PowerGrid on tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) basis.

This project crosses 1,200-kilometer (km) and feeds into the country’s 500-gigawatt (GW) renewable evacuation and interstate transmission system.