GAIL Powers Ahead with Ambitious Solar Investments
The projects will lift GAIL’s renewable capacity to over 1,000 MW from 147 MW, while supplying captive power to its industrial plants.
- On Wednesday, state-owned gas utility GAIL Limited announced a Rs 3,800 crore investment to develop 700 MW of solar power capacity across Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
- The initiative supports GAIL's push toward clean energy and net-zero goals while ensuring round-the-clock power supply through integrated battery energy storage solutions.
- GAIL will develop a 600 MW solar project with 550 MWh battery storage at TUSCO Solar Park in Jhansi for its Pata petrochemical plant in Uttar Pradesh.
- A complementary 100 MW solar project with 22 MWh storage in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra, will serve GAIL's PDH-PP plant in Raigad, expanding the company's clean energy footprint.
- Upon commissioning, GAIL's installed renewable energy capacity is expected to rise to over 1,000 MW from the current 147 MW, more than doubling its clean energy portfolio.
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GAIL To Invest Rs 3,800 Cr On Solar Power Generation In UP, Maharashtra
Issuing a statement, the firm also said it would develop a 600-MW solar project with a 550-MWh battery energy storage system at the TUSCO Solar Park in Jhansi, primarily to meet the captive power needs of its petrochemical plant at Pata in Uttar Pradesh
GAIL to invest Rs 3,800 cr in 700 MW solar projects in UP, Maharashtra
GAIL India Limited announced an investment of Rs 3,800 crore to establish 700 MW of solar power capacity across Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. This initiative includes a 600-MW solar project with battery storage in Jhansi and a 100-MW project in Maharashtra. These projects aim to boost GAIL's renewable energy portfolio and support its net-zero goals.
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