Andhra Pradesh extends power supply deadline for Adani Green Energy
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh government has granted a second extension to Adani Green Energy Ltd for supplying renewable power after the company missed two earlier deadlines citing transmission unavailability, said three people aware of the development. Adani Green’s original deadline of March was extended to September.
It now has until 25 December to begin supplying renewable energy to the state. In one of the largest green energy supply agreements in India, Adani Green was contracted to supply 3,000 megawatts of renewable electricity to Andhra Pradesh starting in 2024, another 3,000 MW in 2025, and an additional 1,000 MW in 2026. To Mint's queries on the extension from the Andhra Pradesh government, a spokesperson for Adani Green said the scheduled completion date of the company’s renewable power projects under power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the Solar Energy Corp.
of India (SECI) had been “constrained by end-to-end evacuation availability and readiness". Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI), a government agency under the ministry of new and renewable energy, facilitates the development and implementation of solar energy projects in the country by issuing tenders.
It also procures power from developers and sells it to state power distribution companies. “In this particular case (for supply to Andhra Pradesh), the estimated availability of transmission system as updated on CTUIL (Central Transmission Utility of India Ltd) website is April 2025 and then in January 2026 for 1GW each. Recognizing the above delay, SECI has extended the (scheduled completion dates) for our project to match with above timelines and we are fully committed to supply energy under the PPAs…," the Adani
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