INDIA’S Adani Green Energy said on Monday (Jan 29) its third-quarter profit more than doubled from a year earlier, helped by robust power sales to customers and higher capacity utilisation.

Part of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s ports-to-power conglomerate, Adani Green said its consolidated profit rose to 2.56 billion rupees (S$41.3 million) in the quarter ended Dec 31 from 1.03 billion rupees in the year-earlier period.

Shares of the company, which fell 17.3 per cent in 2023, were up 4.8 per cent after the results. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 was up 1.8 per cent

Industries in India are increasing the share of renewable power in their energy mix compared to fossil fuel-generated power, benefiting companies like Adani Green.

The Indian government is planning to add 50 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity annually for the next five years to achieve its target of 500 GW by 2030.

Adani Green’s solar capacity utilisation factor (CUF), a metric that measures generation capacity against total installed capacity, clocked a growth of 24 per cent, while the CUF in its wind power business saw an increase of 32.2 per cent. Its operational capacity rose 16 per cent.

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Revenue from power supply increased by 40.3 per cent to 17.65 billion rupees. Total income rose to 26.75 billion rupees from 22.56 billion rupees a year earlier.

The company is working towards building the world’s largest renewable power plant at Khavda in Gujarat state, CEO Amit Singh said in a statement. REUTERS