GAIL (India) Ltd, India’s leading natural gas company, has approved the setting up of 700 MW of solar power projects for captive consumption, with an investment of INR 3,800 crore, in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
As part of this initiative, it will develop a 600 MW solar power project along with a 550 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at TUSCO Solar Park Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh. The project will primarily cater to the captive energy requirements of GAIL’s Petrochemical Plant at Pata in Auraiya district.
In addition, the company will set up a 100 MW solar power project with a 22 MWh BESS in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district (formerly Aurangabad) in Maharashtra. This facility will mainly serve the captive requirements of GAIL’s PDH-PP Plant at Usar in Raigad district.
Deepak Gupta, chairman & managing director, GAIL, said, “GAIL’s installed renewable energy capacity shall increase substantially to over 1,000 MW from the current 147 MW upon commissioning of these projects.”
He added that this expansion underscores GAIL’s strategic vision of aligning its growth trajectory with environmental responsibility while ensuring long-term energy security.
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