India's cabinet approved a plan to build transmission lines costing USD 1.61 billion over 5 years to link 20 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects.
India, the world's third biggest emitter of greehouse
gases has the aim to cut its projected emissions by a billion tonnes by 2030 and raise renewable power generation to 430 GW, equivalent to about half of the country's energy mix.
Prime minister Narendra Modi last year announced 2070 as the target for India to reach net zero carbon emissions
The federal government will provide assistance equal to about a third of the overall 120 billion rupee investment required for the expansion of transmission lines in the second phase of the so called green corridor project, a government statement said.
The scheme will add about 10,750 circuit kilometres of transmission lines, for projects in western state of Gujarat, the desert state of Rajasthan, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, and the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, it said.
