Adani Power

Adani Power Limited
Public company (BSE: 533096, NSE: 533096)
Industry Energy
Founded 22 August 1996
Headquarters Ahmedabad, India
Key people

Gautam Adani, (Chairman)

Vineet S Jaain, (CEO)
Products Electricity generation, transmission and distribution; energy trading
Revenue 113.04 billion (US$1.7 billion)(2014)
195.52 billion (US$2.9 billion)(2014)
Number of employees
2,000 (2011)
Parent Adani Enterprises Limited
Website adanipower.com

Adani Power Limited is the power business subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Adani Group with head office at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The company is India's largest private power producer, with capacity of 10,440 MW[1] and also it is the largest solar power producer of India with a capacity of 688 MW.[2] Adani Power Limited is ranked 334th in the top companies in India in Fortune India 500 list of 2011.[3]

The company operates five supercritical boilers of 660 MW each (as per March 2012) at Mundra Gujarat & Five 660 MW units(as per May 2015) at Tiroda, Maharashtra. It also operates a mega solar plant of 40 MW at Naliya, Bitta, Kutch, Gujarat.[4] It is India's first company to achieve the supercritical technology. The plant is the only thermal power plant in India to be certified by UN under CDM.[5]

The company is implementing 16500 MW at different stages of construction. Its mission is to achieve 20000 MW by 2020. The company produces electricity using only coal. 100 MW of solar power station is also under advanced stage of implementation at Surendranagar in Gujarat out of which 40 MW is already commissioned.[6] The company has gone to long term PPAs of about 7200 MW of its 9280 MW with government of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana and Rajasthan.

History

Adani power was started as a power trading company in 1996. It started generation in July 2009 by implementation of its first 330 MW of 4620 MW at Mundra. The Mundra super mega project is the largest coal-based power project of India and fifth largest in the world. The company commissioned another three 330 MW by November 2010 and country's first supercritical unit of 660 MW on 22 December 2010, making its capacity 1980 MW. 0n 6 June 2011 it synchronised its second unit of 660 MW bringing the total generating capacity to 2640 MW and on 2 October 2011, it synchronised its third super critical unit with national grid. With this, Adani power has become largest thermal power generating company in the private sector, and the Mundra plant has become India's Largest Power plant with capacity 3300 MW.

In February 2012, it commissioned the last unit of Mundra Project to take its capacity to 4620 MW which makes the Mundra TPP to be the largest privately held thermal power plant in the world and fifth largest on an overall basis (As per March 2012).This plant will become largest thermal power plant in Asia after completion.

April 3, 2014: Adani Power Ltd. announced the commissioning of the fourth unit of 660 MW at its power plant at Tiroda in Maharashtra, thus emerging as the largest private power producer in India, with an overall installed capacity of 9,280 MW.[2] The fifth unit was commissioned later in 2014.

May 11, 2015: Adani Power Ltd. announced the completion of acquisition of Udupi Power Corporation Limited and with this Adani Power has a total commissioned capacity of 10,440 MW, making Adani Power the largest private power producer in India.[7]

Operations

Future projects

As of January 2011, the company has 16500 MW[8] under implementation and planning stage. A few of them are 3300 MW coal based TPP at Bhadreswar in Gujarat, 2640 MW TPP at Dahej in Gujarat, 1320 MW TPP at Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, 2000 MW TPP at Anugul in Orissa,2000 MW TPP at sambalpur in Orissa and 2000 MW gas-based power project at Mundra in Gujarat. The company is also bidding for 1000 MW of lignite coal-based power plant at Kosovo showing its international projects.[12]

In the second week of August 2014, Adani power has acquired Lanco Infratech's Udupi thermal power plant in a ₹6000 crores deal. This would add another 1200 MW installed capacity, taking the group capacity to 10480 MW .[13]

See also

References

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