right-of-way

Grid Before Generation and the Critical Need for RoW Reform

As renewable energy capacity expands rapidly, the limiting factor is increasingly not the availability of generation, but the availability of transmission infrastructure.  If India can combine large-scale new transmission investment with systematic reconductoring, conductor uprating, voltage upgrades and Read more

CEA urges adoption of new standards for lower RoW in forest area transmission lines

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued an advisory to all stakeholders to adopt the latest CEA standards while planning new transmission lines in forest areas, with a view to reducing the right-of-way (RoW) requirement. In its advisory dated Read more

NCT recommends use of RoW-saving measures for transmission projects

National Committee on Transmission (NCT) has recommended exploring the use of technological interventions to reduce the cost of securing right-of-way (RoW) for power transmission schemes. This is in response to the power ministry’s request made to NCT to ensure Read more

Right-of-way constraints impeding progress of 14 critical ISTS projects

Issues relating to right-of-way (RoW) are impeding the progress of 14 critical interstate transmission system (ISTS) projects, it was recently informed in Parliament. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Shripad Naik, Minister of State Read more

CEA releases report on right-of-way width calculation

Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released a committee report on calculation of reduction in right-of-way (RoW) width for transmission lines built with contemporary technological options. The report offers detailed calculations on RoW width for transmission lines built with additional Read more