Renewable Energy Landscape in Andhra Pradesh

• Facilitate lease of 5 lakh acres of potential land in the state to renewable energy export project developers.
• Created a shelf of 7 projects with an estimated potential of 17,800 MW to set up solar, wind & solar-wind hybrid power projects.
• Facilitating the world’s largest “integrated renewable energy storage project” with capacity of 4,230 MW entailing 2,300 MW of solar PV , 250 MW.
• 29 locations identified for Pumped Hydro Storage Power Projects with potential 33.2 GW.
• The state has recently approved investments of over INR 1,05,000 crores (USD 13 Billion) in the green energy sector & integrated PV solar power project (with metallurgical grade silicon, polysilicon & float glass manufacturing) with an investment of INR 43,000 crores (USD 5 Billion).
• Andhra Pradesh is strategically positioned to attract investments into manufacturing electrolyzers and anchor a robust ecosystem for manufacturing green hydrogen & green ammonia.

In Andhra Pradesh, 89% of the solar power capacity is commissioned across Ananthapurama, Kurnool & Kadapa districts. The state has 5 massive utility-scale solar plants with a total capacity of 4160 MW. Out of these, Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park( 1000 MW) and NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Park (978.5 MW) are among India’s largest solar power plants. The world’s largest Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project (IRESP) is also being built in Andhra Pradesh.

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