GAIL will invest ₹3,800 crore to develop 700 MW of solar power capacity across 2 Indian states
The projects include integrated battery energy storage systems to improve reliability and manage intermittency
Once commissioned, GAIL expects its total renewable energy capacity to exceed 1 GW
GAIL (India) Limited, the Indian government-owned natural gas supplier, will invest INR 3,800 crore to install 700 MW of new solar PV power projects. It says these projects will position the company as an integrated energy major with a balanced portfolio of conventional and green energy assets.
Its plans include a 600 MW solar power project, co-located with a 550 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). This project will be located at TUSCO Solar Park in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. It will mainly serve the captive energy requirement from the company’s petrochemical plant in Pata in Auraiya district.
Another 100 MW solar PV capacity is planned to be located in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district, which was previously known as Aurangabad, in Maharashtra. It will be co-located with a 22 MWh BESS. GAIL’s PDH-PP Plant at Usar in Raigad district will use the project for captive consumption of power.
GAIL Chairman and Managing Director Deepak Gupta said the company’s installed renewable energy capacity will increase to over 1 GW once these projects are online. Currently, it operates 147 MW of renewable energy capacity.
GAIL targets to achieve net-zero by reducing its Scope-1 and Scope-2 emissions by 2035, and Scope-3 emissions by 2040. Its renewable energy target is to achieve a capacity of up to 3.4 GW by 2035.
In 2023, GAIL declared its solar PV manufacturing ambitions with an unidentified partner, with plans to establish an integrated project comprising metallurgical-grade silicon, polysilicon, ingot/wafers, cells, modules, and solar glass (see GAIL To Explore Solar PV Manufacturing).
Earlier this year, in February 2026, GAIL started construction of an R&D center in Sohna, Haryana. Among the 7 major research verticals it will house, renewables is one of the fields.