Destination Cabinet Set To Bring Rs 11,500 Crore Energy Storage Project in MP Into Focus
Proposed 1,920 MW pumped hydro project by Greenko to store surplus renewable energy and meet peak demand.
Bhopal: The upcoming state cabinet meeting, named as ‘Destination Cabinet’, at the picturesque Gandhi Sagar Dam region in Madhya Pradesh, is set to bring into focus the proposed Rs 11,500 crore energy storage project in the state.
With a planned installed capacity of 1,920 MW, the pumped hydro storage project is designed to store surplus solar and wind power and release electricity when demand peaks.
The significance of the project is that instead of generating power continuously, it uses surplus solar and wind power to pump water uphill, effectively turning two reservoirs into a large-scale energy storage system.
The project is being developed by Greenko Group.
It involves pumping of water from the lower reservoir to the upper reservoir with the help of electricity generated from Solar and wind power facilities and then generating hydro electricity by facilitating flow of water from the upper reservoir to the lower one to run the turbines.
The existing Gandhi Sagar reservoir will be used as the lower reservoir and a newly constructed reservoir, as the upper one.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has chosen to hold his cabinet meetings at historical and tourist Centres to promote tourism in these places after he assumed office in December 2023.