Pumped Storage Hydro

Greenko Group to build three pumped storage projects in Tamil Nadu, India

Greenko Group to build three pumped storage projects in Tamil Nadu, India

Greenko Group has signed a memorandum of agreement with the government of Tamil Nadu, India, to build three pumped storage hydro projects.

The three projects will have a total capacity of 3,300 MW and be located in Tirupathur, Salem and Tiruvannamalai districts, Greenko Group reported on LinkedIn.

As part of its energy transition and decarbonization goals for India, Greenko is building 100+ GWh of connected digitized cloud storage enabled through integrated pumped storage projects across the nation.

No further details were released, including cost or timeline for the projects.

In October 2023, Hydro Review reported that Honourable Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan virtually inaugurated work on a 1,440 MW pumped storage project in Madhya Pradesh, India. The project is being completed by Greenko Group, will be the country’s largest pumped storage facility, according to a release. The company did not name the project, but it appears to be Gandhisagar (or Gandhi Sagar).

Greenko Group has an installed capacity base of 7.3 GW across solar, wind and hydro generation technologies spread over ~100+ projects across 15 states. Greenko is building 30 GWh of lowest-cost storage capacity as part of its plan to develop an energy storage cloud platform of 100 GWh.