印度国家水电集团将于九个邦及尼泊尔建造清洁能源项目

据印度《经济时报》12月19日报道，印度最大的国有水电企业国家水电集团（NHPC）宣布，计划在九个邦及邻国尼泊尔建设超过27，000兆瓦的水电和太阳能项目。该集团首席董事长 Abhay Kumar Singh表示，这些项目将建设在北方邦、比哈尔邦、奥迪沙邦、拉贾斯坦邦、泰米尔纳德邦、喀拉拉邦、马哈拉施特拉邦、安得拉邦和奥迪沙邦。据董事长透露，在尼泊尔筹划与国家水电集团合资经营水电站后，其他国家也对这些项目展现出了兴趣。该公司在清洁能源项目上有1，000亿卢比（约合13.2亿美元）的充足预算，由于公司预计其利润会增长，这一数字可能会扩大到17.2亿美元。

印度国家水电集团现在有6，000兆瓦的清洁能源项目正在建设中，另有9，000至10，000兆瓦的项目正在筹划中。该公司的长期目标是达到50，000兆瓦包括太阳能的清洁能源容量。目前，该公司正在恢复因新冠疫情而暂停的项目。在截至2021年3月的2020财年中，印度在可再生能源领域投资了64亿美元。由于新冠疫情期间的封锁政策和供应链中断，该项投资相比2019财年减少了24%。作为回应，印度政府在2021财年的前四个月已经在可再生能源领域花费了66亿美元，超过了上一财年整年的水平。根据印度总理莫迪在COP26峰会上的承诺，印度可再生能源将在2030年供应超过50%的电力消耗。为了实现这一目标，印度计划在2030年将其可再生能源装机量提高到5000亿瓦， 该国目前的水平为1010亿瓦。

印度国家水电集团将于九个邦及尼泊尔建造清洁能源项目

NHPC Plans for Clean Energy Projects in Nine Indian States， Nepal

National Hydroelectric Power Corporation （NHPC）， the largest state-owned hydropower enterprise in India， announced plans to construct hydro and solar projects of over 27，000 megawatts （MW） in nine states and neighboring country Nepal， as reported by Economic Times on December 19． Citing NHPC chairman and managing director Abhay Kumar Singh， the projects would be built in Uttar Pradesh， Bihar， Odisha， Rajasthan， Tamil Nadu， Kerala， Maharashtra， Andhra Pradesh， and Odisha． Other countries are also interested in the projects after Nepal mulled joint ventures with NHPC to operate hydropower stations． Singh added that NHPC has an ample budget of CR100bn （USD1.32bn） for the clean energy projects， and the figure could be expanded to USD1.72bn as the company expects its profit to grow．

NHPC now has clean energy projects of 6，000 MW under construction and 9，000 to 10，000 MW in preparation， with a long-term goal of 50，000 MW clean energy capacity including solar． The company is recuperating the projects suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic． India invested USD6.4bn in the renewable energy sector in the fiscal year 2020 ending in March 2021， slashing 24% YoY from the fiscal year 2019 amid the lockdown and disrupted supply chain during the pandemic period． In response， the Indian government has spent USD6.6bn on the renewable energy sector in the first four months of the fiscal year 2021， exceeding that over the last fiscal year． According to Prime Minister Modi’s commitment at the COP26 summit， over 50% of the power consumption will be generated from renewable energy in 2030． For that， the country plans to boost its renewable energy capacity to 500 gigawatts （GW） in 2030 from 101 GW at present．

（Seneca ESG）