India Approves $7.3 Billion High-Capacity Power Link to Back Renewables

India has just approved plans for a high-capacity power transmission corridor to help bring electricity from generation to demand centers.  The 1,150-kilovolt (kV) system, which will be India’s highest-voltage power corridor, is expected to cost about $7.34 billion (688 billion Indian rupees). At present, most of India’s transmission network consists of 765-kV lines. The plan, approved by the national transmission panel this week, is estimated to take about six years to build. The first phase of the power corridor project includes…