Andhra Pradesh Minister for IT and Electronics, Nara Lokesh, today officially laid the foundation for private renewable energy firm ReNew Power’s 22,000 crore integrated energy project at Bethapalli village in Ananthapuram district of the state. Once completed, with a generation capacity of around 2.8 GW, including 1.8 GWp solar and 1 GW wind, and a battery energy storage system (BESS) of 2 GWh, this project will be one of the largest renewable energy complexes at a single location in India.

Aligned with the Make in India mission, the project will be made up of 100 per cent 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.

Commenting on the development, the minister said that this project is directly aligned with Andhra Pradesh’s Integrated Clean Energy Policy and contributes to India’s 500 GW non-fossil fuel goal by 2030. He stated that this project is a testament to Andhra Pradesh’s resurgence as a national leader in clean energy.