POWERGRID Commissions Koppal-II and Gadag-II Transmission Scheme for Karnataka Renewable Energy

The Phase-II renewable energy zone integration scheme in Koppal and Gadag was fully commissioned on October 23, with the commercial operation notification received the same day, POWERGRID said in its stock-exchange filing.

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Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) has fully commissioned the Transmission Scheme for Integration of Renewable Energy Zone (Phase-II) in Koppal-II (Phase-A and B) and Gadag-II (Phase-A) in Karnataka, with effect from October 23, 2026. The company said the Notification for Commercial Operation (DOCO) for the project was received on the same day, according to its stock-exchange filing reported by Mercom India and other sector outlets.

Source: Mercom India

Sector reporting of the filing describes the scheme as including a 765/400 kV substation of 2×1,500 MVA and a 400/220 kV substation of 2×500 MVA at Koppal-II, a 400/220 kV pooling station of 2×500 MVA at Gadag-II, and 765 kV double-circuit lines connecting Koppal-II with Narendra (New) and Raichur, alongside a 400 kV line linking Gadag-II and Koppal-II.

Source: Power Peak Digest

The project had been entrusted to POWERGRID Koppal Gadag Transmission Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary that has since been amalgamated with POWERGRID Khavda II-C Transmission Limited with effect from March 1, 2026, under a Ministry of Corporate Affairs order dated January 27, 2026, the filing said.

POWERGRID had won the project in December 2024 in a tender floated by PFC Consulting in July that year, Mercom India reported. The Koppal-II and Gadag-II pooling stations were planned as part of the wider build-out intended to support India's target of 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030, and the Central Transmission Utility had received connectivity applications from renewable developers beyond the potential initially declared at the two stations.

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2×1,500 MVAKoppal-II 765/400 kV substation

According to Mercom's State of Transmission Infrastructure in India report, cited in its coverage, India's transmission network stood at about 509,603 circuit kilometres of lines and 1,478 gigavolt-amperes of transformation capacity as of June 2026 — a grid that must keep expanding as more solar and wind projects seek connections in states such as Karnataka.

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