ReNew Energy Global Plc (ReNew) has commenced construction of a major hybrid renewable energy project in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district. The facility, upon completion, will have an installed capacity of approximately 2.8 GW, including 1.8 GWp of solar and 1 GW of wind power, supported by a 2 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS). To be developed with an investment of INR 22,000 crore ($2.5 billion), the project will be one of the largest RE complexes at a single location in India.
The foundation stone was laid by Nara Lokesh, minister for information technology, electronics & communications, real time governance and human resources development in the Govt of Andhra Pradesh, in the presence of Sumant Sinha, founder, chairman, and CEO, ReNew.
In the project’s first phase, ReNew will set up 587 MWp solar and 250 MW wind energy capacity, along with a 415 MWh BESS, for which power purchase agreements have already been signed. The rest of the capacity will be developed in subsequent phases.
“With a large BESS to be installed, the project will supply power for up to 4 peak hours every day (non-RE generating hours), which will help the off-takers with peak demand management and enable renewable energy to be more firm and dispatchable,” stated ReNew. “Aligned with the Make in India mission, the project will be made up of 100% Made-in-India solar panels supplied from ReNew’s solar manufacturing units in Jaipur, Rajasthan, and Dholera, Gujarat. Additionally, it will use state-of-the-art solar tracking systems to maximise the generation, and waterless robotic cleaning for solar panels that will enable considerable savings of water.”
ReNew, a decarbonisation solutions company listed on Nasdaq, has a clean energy portfolio of 17.4 GW on a gross basis as of Feb. 14, 2025. This includes 717 MW of operational wind capacity and 60 MW of solar capacity spread over ten sites in Andhra Pradesh.
This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.
By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment.
Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website. Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so.
You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future, in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately. Otherwise, your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled.
Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy.