Ahmedabad: Global energy company ENGIE has commissioned a 200MW solar project at Khavda in Gujarat’s Kutch district, as part of 450MW of new solar capacity it has operationalised in India, the company announced on Friday.The Khavda project, located within the Khavda Renewable Energy Park in the Rann of Kutch, has been developed through Enren II Energy Pvt Ltd. It will generate around 350 million units (MUs) of electricity annually and supply power to Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA).Amit Jain, CEO and country manager, ENGIE India, said, “The project reflects the company’s focus on local employment alongside renewable energy development.”He added that ENGIE would expand its presence through solar, battery storage and hybrid solutions.The company has also commissioned a 250MW solar project at Khaba in Rajasthan’s Barmer district. The two projects take ENGIE’s operational solar capacity up by 450MW.“With these additions, ENGIE has around 2GW of renewable energy capacity in operation or under construction in India. The company is also expanding into battery energy storage and hybrid renewable projects,” the company said in a release.ENGIE secured a 280MW/560MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project last Nov from GUVNL. In Jan, the company also won a hybrid project combining 200MW of solar capacity with a 100MW/600MWh battery storage system. Around 80% of the construction workforce for the two solar projects was hired locally, the company said.
