Pralhad Joshi Applauds Progress of Greenko’s Renewable Energy Project in AP
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy & Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Pralhad Joshi, visited the world-first and largest GW-scale Integrated Renewable Energy Project at Pinnapuram near Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh and applauded its scale and rapid progress.
A 4.2 billion USD Project includes 4000 MW of solar, 1000 MW of wind and 1680 MW of pumped hydropower generation, is set up by Greenko, a world’s leading energy transition and decarbonization solutions company. With a storage capacity of 10,080 MWh per day in a single cycle, the dispatchable, carbon-free energy generation, the Pinnapuram project supports green steel, green aluminum, and green hydrogen production industries.
Minister Shri Pralhad Joshi said, “Witnessing an Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project at Pinnapuram in action — the world’s first and largest of its kind, right here in our country — is a matter of pride and a shining example of India’s green energy potential under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. The Minister also commended the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, under Chief Minister Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, for its progressive policies that have made this pioneering effort possible.
Explaining technical aspects of the project, Shri. Anil Chalamalasetty, Group CEO & MD of Greenko, said the groundbreaking initiative, combining solar, wind, and pumped storage power, will make a vital contribution to global efforts to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries. He said, the project would drive economic growth in the region, foster the development of ancillary industries, and create employment opportunities.
The project will help in clean energy generation avoiding 3.3 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually and enhance India’s energy security. Greenko has Intelligent RE Cloud Storage Platform, combined with India’s One Nation, One Grid policy, facilitates production of the world’s lowest-cost green molecules and driving the acceleration of global economies' decarbonization.
