World’s First Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project

World’s First Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project: Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy & Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, visited the world’s first and largest GW-scale Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project at Pinnapuram near Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh.

• About World’s First Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project: Set up by Greenko, a world’s leading energy transition and decarbonization solutions company.
• Storage Capacity: Has a storage capacity of 10,080 MWh per day in a single cycle.
• Energy Output: Enables dispatchable, carbon-free energy generation.
• Sectoral Support: Supports production in green steel, green aluminum, and green hydrogen industries.
• Environmental Impact: The project will help avoid 3.3 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually.
• Technology Platform: Greenko’s Intelligent RE Cloud Storage Platform, along with India’s One Nation, One Grid policy, facilitates production of the world’s lowest-cost green molecules.
  • About: Renewable energy is energy derived from natural resources that are replenished naturally and continuously, making them virtually inexhaustible.

  o Examples: Include solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass energy.

  o These sources are considered "green" or "clean" energy as they produce minimal pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.