Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday (August 23) virtually laid the foundations for three Renewable Energy (RE) projects with a total capacity of 5,314 Megawatts (MW).
These projects are being set up at Junuthala in Owk Mandal of Kurnool district (2,300MW solar park), Kandikayapalle village of Panyam Mandal in Nandyal district (700 MW solar and 314 MW wind) and Muddavaram in Bethamcherla Mandal of Nandyal district (1,000MW solar and 1,000MW wind) in collaboration with Greenko, ArcelorMittal Green Energy and Ecoren Energy respectively.
Besides, a 50:50 joint venture agreement was signed on behalf of the Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGENCO) and the National Hydropower Corporation Limited (NHPC) for the establishment of two Pumped Storage Hydropower Projects (PSHPs) with a total capacity of 1,950MW (a 1,000MW unit at Yaganti in Nandyal district and a 950MW unit at Kamalapadu in Anantapur).