India’s energy transition to be driven by storage, transmission capacity, nuclear power
Addition in the transmission space has lagged amid issues such as land acquisition and right of way. In FY25, 8,830 circuit kilometres (ckm) were added, about 38% less than the 14,203 ckm added in FY24, CEA data showed. Overall, India has a power transmission network of 495,405 ckm, and, as per the National Electricity Plan, an additional 191,000 ckm of transmission lines would be required by FY32.
