GE Vernova Inc. announced today that it has secured an order from Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) to deliver nine 150 MW pumped-storage units for the 1.35 GW Upper Sileru hydropower plant, located in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The project is expected to be completed by 2030. At 1.35 GW, Upper Sileru will be among the largest pumped storage hydropower projects in India.
GE Vernova’s scope of work includes the design, engineering, manufacturing, testing, supply, transportation, and supervision of erection, testing and commissioning of the nine units, control and governing systems.
Once completed, MEIL’s Upper Sileru hydropower plant will be able to store and supply enough electricity equivalent to the annual needs of about three million Indian homes (considering an Indian household consumes 90–120 kWh/month).
The Upper Sileru pumped storage project will provide long-duration energy storage, helping to balance growing solar and wind capacity on the national grid. With its ability to rapidly switch between pumping and generating modes, the facility will support grid reliability, peak demand management, and frequency regulation at scale.
This project marks the second pumped-storage project that GE Vernova and Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) are developing together.
GE Vernova is currently supplying four 125 MW fixed-speed pumped-storage units for the new Kundah hydropower plant in India.
GE Vernova is one of the largest players in the global pumped-Storage space with nearly 30% of the global installed base and is currently developing more than 3 GW of pumped-storage projects around the world. GE Vernova had also recently announced that it has commissioned two of four 250 MW variable speed units at THDC India Ltd’s Tehri pumped-storage hydropower plant, part of the Tehri Hydropower Complex.
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