Khavda Key to Adani's Green Energy Ambition

Power Play

- RAGHAVENDRA KAMATH

FROM A GLASS-PANELED control room, millions of solar panels interspersed with towering windmills stretch across the barren landscape of Khavda in Gujarat, resembling vast agricultural fields dotted with trees. But this is no farmland. This is Adani Green Energy's (AGEL) ambitious Khavda Renewable Energy Plant, a colossal project spanning 538 square kilometers, five times the size of Paris and almost as large as Mumbai.

Valued at ₹1.5 lakh crore, this solar and wind hybrid park holds the distinction of being the world's largest single-location renewable energy site. Located just a few kilometers from the international border with Pakistan, the facility is set to scale up dramatically, from its current operational capacity of 2.4 GW to an astounding 30 GW by FY30.

For AGEL, Khavda is the lynchpin in its strategy to reach 50 GW of operational renewable energy capacity by 2030. To put this into perspective, India as a whole aims for 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by the same year, making Khavda a crucial contributor to the country's clean energy transition.