Adani commissions power line for key Indian wind power corridor
Adani commissions power line for key Indian wind power corridor | Windpower Monthly
The project will also strengthen India’s southern regional grid and support the integration of renewable energy sources on a large scale, the company said.
Supporting India's aim to achieve 500GW of green energy by 2030, it will provide industrial, commercial, and residential consumers with enhanced access to reliable and clean energy, Adani added.
The work included building the 400/230 kV, 1000 MVA Karur Pooling Station, and the associated line in and line out (LILO) of the 400 kV D/C transmission line.
‘Minimising ecological impact’
The company secured the project through the tariff-based competitive bidding route in December 2021 for a period of 35 years, on a build, own, operate, and maintain basis.
Adani, the largest private sector power transmission company in India, said that despite numerous challenges, it executed the project in “a fast-track mode, taking into consideration the topological challenges while minimising ecological impact”.
Innovation
Several innovative approaches were employed in the work, including use of high-boom lifts and cranes for erecting tower and advanced cybersecurity endpoint solutions using the latest SCADA system. The project also involved round-the-clock work in multiple shifts, allowing for enhanced progress.
Related Knowledge Center: Offshore wind energy
Over the next decade, U.S. offshore wind power is expected to grow from a single 30-megawatt wind farm off Rhode Island to more than 2,000 MW of capacity along the Atlantic Seaboard. There are contracts for wind power off the coasts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Virginia.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has estimated the United States has over 4,000 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind potential, enough to power the country four times over.
The growth in part being spurred by state solicitations, including in New York, where then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) set a commitment of 9,000 MW of offshore wind by 2035, and in Connecticut, where in June 2021, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed legislation authorizing the construction of 2,000 MW of offshore wind by 2030.
The offshore development is also being driven by an investment tax credit set to end in December 2019 and is equal to 12 percent of expenditures. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) have introduced a bill to extend the tax credit for up to eight years.
The Interior Department has held eight competitive lease sales that resulted in 15 offshore wind leases over 1.7 million acres that has the potential for 21 GW of capacity. In February 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed a bidding process that realized $4.37 billion for 488,000 acres across six lease areas in federal waters off New York and New Jersey.
Projects have also been proposed off the Southeast coast, off California and Hawaii, and for the Great Lakes.