Adani Green Energy (AGEL), the renewable energy arm of the Adani Group, on Friday announced that it has surpassed a record 12,000 megawatts (MW) of operational capacity. The company claims to be the first and only renewable energy firm in India to achieve this milestone.
Sumant Sinha-led ReNew is the second-largest renewable energy company in the country, with an operational portfolio of nearly 11,000 MW, evenly split between solar and wind power. Tata Power Company follows with 6,700 MW of renewable energy capacity, accounting for 43% of its of its total capacity.
JSW Energy has an operational green energy capacity of 4,700 MW. In December, its subsidiary, JSW Neo Energy, acquired a 4,696 MW renewable energy platform from O2 Power for approximately ₹12,468 crore. Additionally, the company purchased 125 MW of renewable assets from the Hetero Group for ₹630 crore.AGEL’s operational portfolio of 12,258.1 MW comprises 8,347.5 MW of solar, 1,651 MW of wind, and 2,259.6 MW of wind-solar hybrid capacity. This achievement underscores AGEL’s commitment to delivering 50,000 MW of green power by 2030, the company said.
The 12,258.1 MW capacity is capable of powering over 6.2 million homes and will prevent approximately 22.64 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually—equivalent to the carbon sequestration of 1,078 million trees, it said.AGEL also stated that this represents the largest greenfield expansion in India’s renewable energy sector and accounts for nearly 10% of the country’s installed utility-scale solar and wind capacity, contributing over 13% of India’s total utility-scale solar installations.
Adani Green Energy is developing the world’s largest renewable energy plant of 30,000MW on the barren waste land at Khavda in Kutch, Gujarat. Built across 538 square kilometres, it is five times the size of Paris and almost as large as Mumbai city.
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