Torrent enters renewable energy with 300 MW wind project

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Torrent Power has announced the award of turnkey work for a 300 MW wind project to be developed in Karnataka. The company has bagged the project through competitive bidding in SECI Trench XII. When entered into PPA in March 2023. Torrent Power currently has an installed power generation capacity of approximately 4.1 GW. This includes mostly clean generation sources such as gas (2.7 GW) and renewables (1.07 GW). Torrent also has 0.4 GW) of renewable generation plant capacity, which is under development in addition to a recently awarded 300 MW wind project. In line with the government’s aim of achieving 500 GW) of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030, Torrent Power will focus more on renewable energy while maintaining its sustainability commitments. The company will continue to add RE capacity across its total power generation portfolio.

With a balanced portfolio of wind and solar power, it is also working on other green energy routes of pumped hydro and green hydrogen. Recently the 300 MW SECI-XII wind project has been handed over to Suzlon on turnkey basis at a site in Karnataka and will be commissioned by March 2025. Torrent has experience working with Suzlon for its wind projects and has technically preferred Suzlon for the 300 MW project based on its latest and more efficient 3 MW wind turbine generator with a rotor diameter of 144 metres. given.