Work begins on world’s largest renewable energy storage project in Andhra
The worlds largest Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project (IRESP) is coming up in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district with an investment of over $3 billion.
Chief Minister Y S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday performed the first concrete pour ceremony of the project being implemented by Greenko Group.
The company said this 5,230 MW IRESP will play a pivotal role in India attaining energy security and enabling global energy transition.
According to Greenko, this is a first of its kind single location energy storage project with wind and solar capacities. The project is being implemented with an investment of over $3 billion comprising pumped storage (10,800 MWh of daily storage), solar (3,000 MW) and wind (550 MW).
