Abstract

On September 22, 2016, Adani Green Energy opened the world’s largest single location solar power plant in Kamuthi village in Ramanathapuram district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The 648MW power plant with an outlay of $680 million was completed in less than a year. This was a significant achievement given the scale of the project. Though the Kamuthi project was completed within record time, it had to deal with its share of challenges. The project faced several logistical challenges owing to its remote location as well as the delays caused by unseasonal torrential rains.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Challenges and risks involved in managing utility scale solar projects.
• Technicalities and critical aspects of executing project of such a scale.

Keywords

Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Project Management, Grid Integration, Adani Green Energy, Kamuthi Solar Power Project