Godawari Green Energy Limited (GGEL) is a flagship company of the HIRA group in the renewable energy sector. The company was incorporated as a 100% subsidiary of the Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd in the year 2009. The company was formed with an objective to tackle the growing energy requirement of the country in an ecologically sustainable manner. GGEL’s focus area is power generation using renewable sources such as solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy etc.
The Integrated Energy Policy Report, 2006, estimates that India will need to increase their electricity generation by five to six times to meet the per capita consumption needs of its citizens. Renewable energy will play an important role in filling the gap while addressing the environmental concerns as well. GGEL has taken the first step in this direction by taking up a project to construct and operate a 50 MW Solar Thermal Power Project, in Jaisalmer District, Rajasthan, India.
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GGEL has successfully bid as one of the seven developers as part of Phase 1 of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) for a 50 MW Solar Thermal Plant with an aim to be the first among competitors to successfully execute and commission the project. The project is being implemented at Nokh village located in the Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan. GGEL has signed the Power Purchase Agreement with NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) and has successfully completed the acquisition of land and in turn completed the financial closure as of July 9th as per the guidelines of NVVN. GGEL has met all the conditions subsequent to PPA that was required to be met within 180 days of signing of the PPA. The solar thermal power plant will be based on the parabolic trough technology which is the most prevalent & proven technology being used globally for such plants. The solar thermal power plant was commissioned on 19th June 2013 as per the terms and guidelines of the PPA.