The nod for the State’s Green Energy Corridor Phase 2 project by the Central government is set to further stamp its prowess in renewable power generation.
A senior official of Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (Tantransco) said the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had planned to establish extra high capacity substations and transmission lines under the Green Energy Corridor Phase 2 for evacuating renewable power.
He said the new corridor, which is estimated to cost ₹719.76 crore, was needed for integrating and evacuating large-scale renewable power with the existing transmission system. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved a grant of ₹237.52 crore (working out to 33% of project cost) for the purpose. The project involved setting up of 400 kilo volt (KV) substations at Samugarengapuram in Tirunelveli district and three 23-KV substations at Poolavadi, Tiruppur district, Muppandal of Kanyakumari and Kongalnagaram in Coimbatore, he added.
