REC Power Distribution Company Limited (REC PDCL) has incorporated three special purpose vehicles (SPVs) for transmission projects in Karnataka. The SPVs were established on May 21, 2025, to facilitate project development under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route. Hampapura Power Transmission Limited will implement the project for establishing a 400 kV substation at Hampapura, along…
The Government of Gujarat is set to invest Rs 290 billion in the Gujarat Green Energy Corridor III (GEC-III) project. The initiative aims to transmit 16,500 MW of renewable energy across the state by strengthening grid connectivity from major renewable energy zones. The project will link renewable energy zones (REZ) in Kutch, Jamnagar-Bet Dwarka, Banaskantha-Patan,…
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has awarded two major contracts valued at over Rs 14 billion to Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Private Limited and Advait Energy Transitions Limited. Toshiba has secured a contract worth Rs 5.67 billion under the 400kV Transformer Package-4TR-07-BULK. The order includes procurement of 20 units of 500…
PFC Consulting Limited (PFCCL) has issued a tender for the appointment of a technical consultant for surveying and preparing a report for the Inter-Regional Strengthening between Southern Region (SR) Grid and Eastern Region (ER) Grid. The bid invitation was released on May 13, 2025. The deadline for submission is May 20, 2025. PFCCL has been…
R S Infraprojects Private Limited has secured a contract worth Rs 1,144.64 million under the Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project. The contract covers the construction of two 220 kV double-circuit (DC) transmission lines. The first line will run 47.7 km from Chaibasa (PGCIL) to Jadugoda (New), while the second will span 51.3 km from Chandil…
Apar Industries Limited has bagged two contracts worth Rs 1,329.17 million and Rs 1,155.96 million under the Eastern Region Expansion Scheme-43 (ERES-43). The awards were announced on May 2, 2025. The tenders were issued by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) in October 2024. Apar will carry out reconductoring works and associated bay upgradations…
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has commissioned 18 transmission projects across the state. These include upgrades such as interconnecting transformer (ICT) capacity augmentation and installation of additional bus reactors to support reactive power management. The completed projects involve seven 400 kV substations and eleven 220 kV substations. The total estimated cost is Rs 10.95 billion….
The Union Government inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several power projects in eastern Uttar Pradesh on April 11, 2025. These efforts aim to strengthen electricity transmission and distribution in the Varanasi division. Projects inaugurated include two 400 kV and one 220 kV transmission substations and associated lines across Jaunpur, Chandauli, and Ghazipur districts….
Bajel Projects Ltd has secured a key engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Kurnool-IV Power Transmission Ltd, a subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL). The order involves building a 765kV double-circuit transmission line connecting Kurnool-IV substation to Kurnool-III Pooling Station (PS), both located in Andhra Pradesh. The line is expected to…
Larsen & Toubro (L&T), through its Heavy Engineering arm, has completed the delivery of four steam generators (SGs) for the Kaiga Atomic Power Station in Karnataka. These are part of the indigenously developed 10×700 MWe Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor Fleet Programme. The fourth SG was despatched nine months ahead of schedule. The full set of…