Adani Power Turns Thermal Plants into Grid Balancers, Eyes 24 GW Capacity Expansion.

As India’s power grid shifts rapidly toward renewable energy, Adani Power is transforming its thermal plants into balancing power sources to support grid stability and enable greater renewable integration. The move comes alongside the company’s plan to add 24 GW of capacity by FY32, backed by long-term power purchase agreements.

“Now the entire game has become to keep generation capacity available to help integrate more renewable power into the grid and to continue to supply base load power. The thermal power plants will now act more as balancing power plants and therefore the focus will be on keeping the plant uptime as high as possible, rather than actually trying to maximise the PLF,” said Dilip Jha, Chief Financial Officer of Adani Power.

Jha added that the upcoming capacities will incorporate advanced technologies to improve efficiency and reduce fuel consumption, reflecting Adani Power’s strategy to align thermal generation with India’s renewable energy growth.