India’s Adani Green Energy posts higher quarterly profit on strong power sales
India’s Adani Green Energy reported a 25% increase in second-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by robust power sales and higher capacity utilization. The company, which is seen as a bellwether for the renewable energy sector, has capitalized on India’s aggressive drive to expand clean power capacity to meet its climate goals and a target of 500 gigawatts of non-fossil capacity by 2030. The firm’s consolidated profit rose to 6.44 billion rupees($73.3 million) for the quarter ended September 30 from 5.15 billion rupees a year ago. The green energy unit of billionaire Gautam Adani’s ports-to-power conglomerate operates in solar, wind and hybrid segments across the country. India’s Adani Total Gas reports lower profit as pricey imports lift costs The company said revenue from power supply, its biggest segment, increased 20% to 27.76 billion rupees in the quarter. For the half year ended September 30, energy sales rose 39% from a year ago to 19.57 billion units. Adani Green Energy’s solar portfolio capacity utilization factor (CUF), a measure of how much of a power plant’s maximum capacity is used over a given period, was at 24.8%, while the wind portfolio’s CUF was at 37.8%.