The Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) has commissioned a transmission project to evacuate 20 GW of renewable energy in Rajasthan.

The transmission project was commissioned on September 22, 2026, and was officially notified on October 11, 2026.

RECPDCL awarded the project to POWERGRID in 2023, and the project was expected to be completed in 18 months.

The project, initially under the special purpose vehicle POWERGRID Ramgarh II Transmission, was later merged with POWERGRID Vataman Transmission.

The project will be undertaken on a build, own, operate, and transfer basis and includes several critical components, including establishing a new 765/400 kV substation with integrated STATCOM technology in Ramgarh.

It also involves constructing a 765 kV double circuit transmission line and extending associated bays at existing substations in Rajasthan.

Earlier this year, POWERGRID Narela Transmission commissioned the final interstate transmission system to evacuate 8.1 GW of power from solar energy zones in Rajasthan.

The significance of these transmission projects is underscored by the staggering 11.5 GW of renewable energy curtailed in Rajasthan since January 2026, with March alone accounting for 8.3 GW, according to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam.

According to Mercom’s State of Transmission Infrastructure in India report, India’s transmission infrastructure comprised approximately 509,603 circuit kilometers (ckm) of transmission lines and 1,478 gigavolt-amperes of transformation capacity as of June 2026.

India’s transmission network has grown significantly over the past decade, with transmission line length increasing by 50.8% and transformation capacity more than doubling, rising 111.7% between April 2016 and June 2026.

According to the Central Electricity Authority, India aims to expand its power transmission network by 137,500 ckm of lines and 827,600 MVA of substation capacity, at an estimated cost of ₹7.93 trillion (~$84.33 billion), to support 900 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by the financial year 2035-36.