The Solar Energy Corporation of India ( SECI ) has announced a plan to provide so - called evacuation infrastructure for 50 GW of solar and 16.5 GW of wind by 2021 . The $ 5000 , two - phase plan , laid out in a letter to the Power Grid Authority of India and the country 's Central Transmission Utility , also said an extra 5 GW interstate transmission system evacuation capacity will be needed for wind projects in high priority areas . A recent SECI 2 ##G wind tender attracted bids for just 1.2 GW , reportedly because of a shortage of evacuation infrastructure .
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has outlined a plan to create so-called evacuation infrastructure for 50 GW of solar and 16.5 GW of wind by 2021. The $6.1bn, two-phase plan, laid out in a letter to the Power Grid Corporation of India and the country's Central Transmission Utility, also said an extra 5 GW interstate transmission system evacuation capacity will be needed for wind projects in high priority areas. A recent SECI 2 GW wind tender attracted bids for just 1.2 GW, reportedly because of a shortage of connectivity infrastructure.