Karan Adani meets Odisha Dy CM, discusses clean energy investments

Bhubaneswar, Aug 13 (IANS) Noted industrialist Karan Adani and his team on Thursday met the Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo at Kharavel Bhavan here and held discussions focusing on prospects in the renewable energy sector.

The state government in an official statement said that a bilateral meeting was held between senior state energy leadership and Karan Adani, alongside the executive team of the Adani Group, to discuss key issues concerning the development of the energy sector, especially the growth and prospects of the clean energy sector in Odisha.

The meeting was attended by the Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) Vishal Kumar Dev; Chairman and Managing Director of Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL), Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma; and Managing Director of Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO), Satyapriya Rath, along with senior officers from the Energy Department.

“The deliberations focused on accelerating the deployment of clean energy infrastructure—specifically Pumped Storage Plants (PSP), Solar Power generation, and Nuclear Power projects—to fortify long-term energy security, grid reliability, and sustainable energy development goals in the state,” the state government said.

The Adani Group had previously met with the Deputy Chief Minister Singh Deo and expressed interest in investing in Odisha’s energy sector.

“In today’s meeting, they reiterated their intent to invest in Odisha’s clean energy sector, including the establishment of two power plants with a capacity of 3,000 MW each. Recognising the requirement for continuous, carbon-free baseload power, the leadership laid special emphasis on renewable energy. Additionally, the Adani Group extended an invitation to the Deputy Chief Minister to visit their renewable energy projects located in other states,” the Odisha government added.

Industrialist Karan Adani had earlier on Thursday called on the Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Loka Seva Bhawan, where the two held discussions on various issues related to ongoing and proposed industrial projects in the state.

–IANS

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