Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL) on Tuesday announced that it has won a Rs 25,000 crore Bhadla (Rajasthan) – Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh) HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) order. In a regulatory filing, the Adani Group firm said that it is AESL’s largest order win till date. Post this, the company’s under execution order book reached Rs 54,761 crore and transmission network went to 25,778 ckm and 84,186 MVA transformation capacity.
AESL won the project under Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) mechanism and REC Power Development & Consultancy Ltd (RECPDCL) was the bid process coordinator. The project SPV was formally transferred to AESL on January 20, 2025, it said in the filing.
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“Called “Transmission system for evacuation of power from REZ in Rajasthan (20 GW) under Phase-III Part I”, the project includes establishment of 6,000 MW HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) system between Bhadla to Fatehpur (~2400 ckm) along with 7500 MVA transmission capacity. The project will help evacuate 6 GW renewable energy from various REZs in Rajasthan beyond Bhadla-III to demand centers of North India and to the national grid. AESL will deliver the project in 4.5 years,” Adani Energy Solutions stated.
Kandarp Patel, CEO, AESL, said, “By enabling efficient evacuation of renewable energy from some of the most inhospitable regions of the country and connecting them to the national grid, AESL is playing its role in India’s decarbonization journey. We will be deploying latest technology and practices to deliver the project in time and with minimal environmental impact.”
The Bhadla-Fatehpur project is AESL’s third HVDC project after the delivered Mundra – Mahendragarh Project and the under implementation Aarey-Kudus Project (being done by subsidiary AEML).
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