Adani Green Energy Ltd, an arm of multinational conglomerate Adani Group, India’s largest such group and one of the world’s most prominent renewable energy companies, has announced that its renewable energy portfolio has now exceeded 10 GW, a first for an Indian company. The portfolio is so large that it represents about 11% of India’s installed utility-scale solar and wind capacity.
The company is also in the process of building a 30 GW renewable energy complex in Khavd. The project reputedly covers an area five times the size of the city of Paris and is unrivalled for size anywhere in the world.
AGEL’s operational portfolio consists of 7393 MW solar energy, 1401 MW wind power and 2140 MW of wind-solar hybrid capacity. It is a significant The milestone on the road to AGEL’s goal of 45 GW of renewable energy by 2030.
• AGEL is developing the world’s largest renewable energy project, amounting to a capacity of 30 000 MW, on barren land at Khavda in Kutch, Gujarat. Built on an area of 538 sq km, it is five times the size of Paris and almost as large as Mumbai city.
So far AGEL has brought into operation 2000 MW of solar capacity, just 12 months after commencing work on the site. Work is continuing at a fast pace, under the direction of three significant companies within the Group, namely Adani Infra, Adani New Industries Ltd and Adani Infrastructure Management Services Ltd.
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