Juniper Green signs PPA with NHPC for 250 MW hybrid project
Author: PPD Team Date: 18/07/2025
Author: PPD Team Date: 18/07/2025
Juniper Green Energy Limited, through its subsidiary Juniper Green Cosmic Private Limited, has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with NHPC Limited for a 250 MW firm and dispatchable renewable energy project in Haryana.
The hybrid project will integrate solar, wind, and battery energy storage systems. Power will be supplied to the Haryana Power Purchase Centre on behalf of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited. The project is expected to begin supplying from June 2027. It was awarded through a long-term competitive procurement process.
Earlier this month, Juniper Green commissioned a 71 MWp solar project at Chapalgaon in Solapur district, Maharashtra.
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