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GE Vernova said on Nov. 6, 2026 that PowerGrid chose it for a 6,000-MW HVDC link from Rajasthan's Barmer to South Kalamb; the value is undisclosed, and analysts estimate about ₹13,000 crore.
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GE Vernova announced the PowerGrid HVDC award on Nov. 6, 2026; the release gives no contract value.
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GE Vernova said on Nov. 6, 2026 that PowerGrid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) chose it to build a 6,000-MW, ±800-kV HVDC link from Barmer II in Rajasthan to South Kalamb.
The company said the project was booked in the fourth quarter of 2026. The release carries no contract value or completion date, and GreentechLead noted that neither has been disclosed. HVDC means high-voltage direct current, the technology used to move large blocks of power over long distances.
The link will carry power from the renewable-rich Barmer region to a load center at South Kalamb. For India, that is evacuation capacity out of a renewable zone. GreentechLead, citing state data as of Sept. 30, 2026, said transmission for about 15.5 GW of Rajasthan's renewable capacity had been commissioned and another 51.5 GW was under implementation. A single 6,000-MW bipole is large against the first figure and small against the second, so it is one corridor among several that the state needs.
GE Vernova will design the complete bipolar link, built as two 3,000-MW poles. The scope covers new converter stations, supply of all major equipment, and management of site erection, testing and commissioning, according to the company's release.
The converter stations will use its line-commutated converter (LCC) valve, which will be made at the Pallavaram factory in India. They will also use the eLumina control system for managing power flows. Philippe Piron, president and CEO of GE Vernova's Electrification segment, and Sandeep Zanzaria, CEO of GE Vernova T&D India, are quoted in the release. Neither gave a delivery schedule.
The award did not start on Nov. 6. Business Today reported on Sept. 8 that PGCIL had been declared successful bidder on Sept. 2 under tariff-based competitive bidding for the wider Barmer-South Kalamb scheme. That scheme also includes a roughly 1,000-km HVDC bipole line and 400-kV lines. Business Standard put the winning tariff quote at ₹3,240 crore and the overall project at ₹25,000-26,000 crore.
For GE Vernova T&D India, Nomura estimated the converter-station contract at ₹12,980 crore, and Business Standard said about ₹13,000 crore. Both are analyst estimates, not company figures. Nomura expects execution to be back-loaded, with HVDC revenue of ₹2,250 crore in the fiscal year 2028 and ₹4,800 crore in fiscal 2029.
The deal fits a pattern in grid equipment. GE Vernova agreed on Oct. 28 to buy Trench Group for $9.0 billion, as Voltgrid reported, taking in-house bushings used in grid transformers. Separately, India's cabinet approved ₹14,500 crore of viability-gap funding for 92 GWh of grid storage, as Voltgrid reported.
GE Vernova has not published the contract value, the in-service date or delivery milestones. The ₹13,000 crore figure comes from analysts. Business Standard described the earlier position as lowest-bidder status, while the Nov. 6 release says the project is booked, so the final terms are the item to watch in GE Vernova's next quarterly results.
