Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) announced that it had been awarded a Rs 4,700 crore transmission project to transport 4,500 MW of renewable energy produced in Karnataka to important load centres in Maharashtra.
The project was won through the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) process, where AESL emerged as the lowest bidder, according to a company statement.
“Pumped storage projects are emerging as a critical enabler of India’s clean energy transition by providing the flexibility and reliability required to integrate large-scale renewable energy into the grid,” said Kandarp Patel, CEO, Adani Energy Solutions Ltd.
The Satara transmission project will create a vital transmission backbone to supports both renewable energy evacuation and energy storage deployment, strengthening power flows between Southern and Western India, he mentioned.
Housed under Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Satara Power Transmission Ltd, the project will be delivered within 36 months.
It will add 562 circuit kilometres (ckm) of transmission lines and 9,000 MVA of transformation capacity to AESL’s portfolio, taking its cumulative transmission network to 29,739 ckm and 1,43,425 MVA transformation capacity, said India’s largest private transmission and distribution company and part of the globally diversified Adani portfolio.
“AESL remains committed to building future-ready transmission infrastructure that enables renewable energy growth, enhances grid stability and supports India’s long-term decarbonisation goals,” said Patel.
Adani Energy Transmission Project entails building a 765/400 kV substation at Satara, a 765 kV double-circuit transmission line between Kolhapur and Satara, and the expansion of the Kolhapur pooling station and related transmission infrastructure. By constructing specialized transmission schemes that link resource-rich green pockets—such as solar, wind, and pumped storage—with significant industrial and urban load centres throughout India, AESL continues to lead the industry as the nation moves closer to its goal of installing 500 GW of non-fossil energy capacity by 2030.
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