The Centre will soon offer 44 new power transmission projects worth Rs 41,369 crore with most projects under the ‘Green Energy Corridors’ (GEC) plan. These projects would evacuate close to 38 Gw of renewable energy from the Western and Northern parts. Such a large scale of transmission projects under the bidding mode has been offered after a hiatus of at least three years.

       GEC is an alternative transmission system for renewable energy (RE) power projects. The first phase of GEC was constructed by state-owned Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL). Bulk of the projects from the ...