Adani to invest ₹2.3 lakh crore in renewable energy, manufacturing capacity
The HinduAdani Group will invest about ₹2.3 lakh crore through 2030 in India's most ambitious renewable energy expansion and solar and wind manufacturing capacity addition ever as it shrugs off a short-seller attack to pursue its trademark rapid growth plans. Adani Green Energy Ltd, India's largest renewable energy company, will invest about ₹1.5 lakh crore in expanding capacity to generate electricity from solar energy and wind power at Khavda in Gujarat's Kutch to 30 gigawatts from 2 GW currently and another ₹50,000 crore in 6-7 GW of similar projects elsewhere in the country, a top company official said. Adani New Industries Ltd, a unit in the group's flagship Adani Enterprises Ltd, will invest close to ₹30,000 crore in expanding solar cell and wind turbine manufacturing capacity at Mundra in Gujarat. Its current portfolio of 10,934 MW, which will power more than 5.8 million homes and avoid about 21 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually, represents around 11 per cent of India's installed utility-scale solar and wind capacity, contributing over 15 per cent of the nation's utility-scale solar installations.