The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, granted formal approval for the massive Green Energy Corridor Phase-III scheme with a total capital outlay of one lakh eighty-six thousand four hundred and five crore rupees. The expansive national energy infrastructure initiative is designed to synchronize and evacuate large-scale renewable electricity generated from utility solar parks and wind energy complexes located across renewable-rich western and southern states.
A defining strategic feature of Phase-III is the comprehensive co-location of grid-scale battery energy storage systems totaling thousands of megawatt-hours alongside major high-voltage direct current transmission sub-stations. The integration of advanced battery storage will stabilize intermittent renewable energy generation, smooth out seasonal frequency fluctuations, and facilitate round-the-clock dispatchable green electricity into the national electricity grid.
Energy economists and power sector analysts hailed the massive capital commitment as an indispensable catalyst for achieving India’s ambitious target of five hundred gigawatts of non-fossil energy capacity by 2030. The comprehensive transmission expansion will also generate substantial direct industrial employment in electrical equipment manufacturing, civil infrastructure construction, and transmission grid management nationwide.
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