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The world’s largest renewable energy park goes operational by Adani Green Energy (AGEL)
March 05, 2024: Adani Green Energy Twenty Four A Limited and Adani Green Energy Twenty Four B Limited, Wholly-owned stepdown subsidiaries of Adani Green Energy Limited (“AGEL”) have operationalized an incremental 448.95 MW of solar power projects at Khavda, Gujarat. Together with earlier intimation dated February 14, 2024, an aggregate of 1,000 MW of solar power projects are operationalized at Khavda, Gujarat. With operationalization of these plants, AGEL’s total operational renewable generation capacity has increased to 9,478 MW, in its journey of 45 GW capacity by 2030. Based on the relevant clearances, it was decided at 11.49 p.m. on March 04, 2024 to operationalize the plants and commence sale of power generated from March 05, 2024.
February 14, 2024: Adani Green Begins Generation From The Worlds Largest Renewable Energy Park, operationalizes the first 551 MW solar capacity at Khavda, starts supply to national grid
Key points:
- Area : 72000 acres – 538 sq km of barren land
- Location : Khavda, located in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India
- Renewable Energy Type : Solar & Wind Hybrid
- The planned capacity : 30 GW (30000 MW)
- First Phase Operationalization: 551 MW supply to national grid on February 14, 2024
- Second Phase Operationalization: 448.95 MW on March 05, 2024
- Current production : 1000 MW supply to national grid
- Solar irradiation : ~2,060 kWh/m2
- Wind : speeds of ~8 meters per second
- Wind Turbine: onshore wind turbine generator of 5.2 MW capacity
- PV Solar module: bifacial solar and horizontal single-axis tracker system
- 2.4 million solar modules ( Now, for 1000 MW)
- Monitoring : Adani Green’s Energy Network Operation Centre (ENOC) platform with AI/ ML integration to enable real-time automated monitoring.
- Water conservation : Waterless robotic cleaning – United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 standard
- Green Employment : 15200
“Adani Green Energy is creating one of the world’s most extensive renewable energy ecosystems for solar and wind,” said Mr Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group. “Through bold and innovative projects like the Khavda RE plant, AGEL continues to set higher global benchmarks and rewrite the world’s planning and execution standards for giga-scale renewable energy projects. This milestone is a validation of the Adani Group’s commitment and leading role in accelerating India’s equitable clean energy transition journey towards its ambitious goals of 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 and carbon neutrality.”
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Source: Adani Green Energy Press release
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