JSW Energy Adds 261 MW Renewable Energy

New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) JSW Energy on Monday announced the successful commissioning of 261 MW of renewable energy capacity.

With this, the cumulative capacity addition during the June quarter stood at 1.9 GW, constituting organic and inorganic capacities, the company said in a statement.

According to the statement, JSW Energy announced the successful commissioning of 261 MW of renewable energy (RE) capacity with solar capacity of 189 MW and wind capacity of 72 MW, taking the installed capacity to 12,760 MW.

Share of renewables in the overall capacity increased to 56 per cent constituting of wind capacity at 3,554 MW, solar capacity at 2,157 MW, and hydro capacity at 1,391 MW.


The capacity addition is timely and will enable the company to benefit from the peak renewable generation season during the year and will contribute meaningfully to overall renewable output.

JSW Energy has total locked-in generation capacity of 29.9 GW comprising 12.8 GW operational, 12.5 GW under-construction across thermal, wind, solar and hydro and pipeline of 4.6 GW.

The company also has 29.3 GWh of locked-in energy storage capacity through hydro pumped storage projects of 26.4 GWh and battery energy storage system of 2.9 GWh.

The company aims to reach 30 GW generation capacity and 40 GWh of energy storage capacity by FY30. JSW Energy has set an ambitious target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.