Adani Power

Adani Power Limited is the power business subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Adani Group with head office at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It is a private thermal power producer, with capacity of 12,450 MW.
It also operates a mega solar plant of 40 MW at Naliya, Bitta, Kutch, Gujarat. It is India's company that synchronises the supercritical technology.
Adani Godda Power is implementing a 1,600 MW plant at Jharkhand. The company has signed long term power purchase agreements of about 9,153 MW with government of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Punjab.
History.
Adani Power was started as a power trading company in 1996.
Key people.
Gautam Adani is the chairman of the company. He completed his schooling from Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya in Ahmedabad. He enrolled in a college but dropped out to work as a diamond sorter at Mahindra Bros in Mumbai. After a couple of years, Adani established his own diamond brokerage unit. In 1988, he established Adani Exports Limited, now known as Adani Enterprises Limited – the holding company of the Adani Group. He is the chairman and founder of the Adani Group.
Future projects.
As of January 2011, the company has 16,500 MW under implementation and planning stage. Included are a 3,300 MW coal-based TPP at Bhadreswar in Gujarat; a 2,640 MW TPP at Dahej, Gujarat; a 1,320 MW TPP at Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh; a 2,500 MW TPP at Anugul, Orissa; a 2,000 MW TPP at Sambalpur, Orissa; and a 2,000 MW gas-based power project at Mundra, Gujarat. The company is bidding for a 1,000 MW lignite coal-based power plant in Kosovo.
In November 2017, Adani Power (Jharkhand) signed a long-term pact with Bangladesh Power Development Board to supply electricity from its upcoming 1,600 MW plant at Godda in Jharkhand.
As of 2019, the Adani Group is in talks with the Rural electrification Corporation (REC Limited) and Power Finance Corporation (PFC) to set up a 1600 MW Godda Power Project in Jharkhand at a cost of approximately Rs 14,000 crores.
Awards/Recognition.
The company has won many awards and recognition. In 2017, it was named the Most Innovative Young Power Professional by IPPAI (Independent Power Producers Association of India) at the 18th Regulators & Policymakers Retreat. In 2017, CSR Works International with support of British Chamber of Commerce and High Commission of Canada, recognised thefirm for best sustainability reporting in Asia, in Singapore. In 2018, it received the Recognition for Best Environment Management practices by Srishti Publications.