Adani’s group will invest about Rs 28,000 crore in setting up an ultra-supercritical thermal power plant in Bihar.
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Gautam Adani-led Adani Group has been expanding its business in several sectors. The group’s flagship company, Adani Enterprises, has a market cap of Rs 2.71 lakh crore. According to Forbes, Gautam Adani has a real-time net worth of USD 59.6 billion or Rs 506316 crore as of December 22.
Now, Adani’s group will invest about Rs 28,000 crore to set up an ultra-supercritical thermal power plant and expand cement production capacity, food processing, and logistics businesses in Bihar as the ports-to-energy conglomerate charts aggressive growth plans.
Pranav Adani, Director of Adani Enterprises Ltd., announced this at the Bihar Business Connect 2024. The group aggressively pursues growth strategy, expands its business, and explores opportunities. “We are also exploring investment avenues in Bihar’s energy sector. We plan to invest around Rs 20,000 crore to set up an ultra-supercritical thermal power plant,” he said.
“We expect such a massive project to open up at least 12,000 job vacancies in the pre-commissioning phase and also lead to around 1,500 skilled jobs during the operational phase,” he added. While he did not indicate the power plant’s capacity, ultra-supercritical plants could be of 1,980-megawatt size. They use coal to generate electricity. He also did not give details like location and timeframe.
Bihar is currently deficient in electricity generation capacity. Its 6,400 MW capacity lags behind peak demand of over 8,000 MW. The new plant will help the state bridge the gap and feed neighbouring states as well.
“We will now invest another Rs 2,300 crore in these sectors. This investment will not only massively increase our warehousing and handling capacity and expand our presence in the EV, City Gas Distribution (CGD), and Compressed Biogas (CBG) space but will also generate an additional 27,000 direct and indirect local job opportunities,” he said.
