Hybrid plants comes with capacity to reduce intermittency of renewable energy power and help the country in adequate utilisation of transmission network. The project consists of 600 MW solar and 150 MW wind plants.
Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) said it has commissioned 600 MW capacity wind-solar power plant of in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, on 29 September. It is the world’s largest wind-solar power plant, said the official of AGEL.
As per a company statement, the said plant has a power purchase agreement with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) at Rs 2.69/kwh for 25 years.
With the capacity to reduce intermittency of renewable energy power it will also help the country in adequate utilisation of transmission network. The project consists of 600 MW solar and 150 MW wind plants, the statement added. AGEL functionalised first hybrid power plant in India with a capacity of 390 MW, this year in May 2022 at Jaisalmer.
The company now has total operational generation capacity of 6.7 GW along with operational hybrid power generation capacity of 1 GW making it the largest in the world, it said. AGEL’s total renewable portfolio of 20.4 GW seems well on track to reach its vision of 45 GW capacity by 2030 with this move.
AGEL’s two subsidiaries namely Adani Hybrid Energy Jaisalmer Two Ltd (AHEJ2L) and Adani Hybrid Energy Jaisalmer Three Ltd (AHEJ3L) covers the 600 MW hybrid plant.