Special Chief Secretary (Energy) K. Vijayanand has said that Andhra Pradesh was at the forefront of promoting Pumped Storage Hydropower Projects (PSHPs).
Techno-commercial feasibility reports have been prepared for setting up PSHPs having a potential to generate 33,240 Megawatts (MW) at 29 locations, out of which projects with 5,000 MW capacity would be established by AP-Genco with the support of National Hydro Power Corporation.
Steps were taken to implement the Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia Policy and to procure 7,000 MW of solar power from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). On the operational front, AP-Transco has brought down the transmission losses to 2.69%, he stated.
