Energy & Sustainability

Nxtra by Airtel strengthens renewable power partnership

Nxtra by Airtel, a data centre-focused subsidiary of Indian technology giant Bharti Airtel Limited, and Indian renewable energy transition company AMPIN Energy Transition say they have strengthened their partnership.

The partners have announced a new, power-wheeling agreement involving 125.65 MW of solar-wind hybrid energy through Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) connected plants.

Power wheeling is transmitting electricity over a third-party's transmission network to reach a customer outside of the network owner's service area. The ISTS is a high-voltage electricity network that facilitates the transfer of power across state borders in India.

After this latest agreement, the total renewable energy partnership between the two companies is said to exceed 200 MW.

The additional capacity will be delivered to Nxtra in two phases, each through captive solar/wind power projects in the states of Rajasthan and Karnataka, respectively. AMPIN has been supplying solar power to Nxtra through intra-state, open access in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha.

In fact, with this new agreement AMPIN will add 11 new states as well as new technologies such as large-scale ISTS renewable energy supply and the seamless supply of renewable energy from a single independent power producer (IPP).

Pinaki Bhattacharyya, Founder, MD and CEO, AMPIN Energy Transition, a company that boasts long-term relationships with its customers across technologies and geographies, says: “With this partnership, we demonstrate that through a seamless blend of inter-state and intra-state renewable energy solutions backed by a pan-India presence, we can take any customer through a nearly 100% energy transition.”

Driven by its net zero commitment, which it says is now Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)-aligned (SBTi is a reference to a corporate climate action organisation), Nxtra by Airtel says it continues to accelerate its sustainable initiatives by enabling large-scale decarbonisation of its digital infrastructure. The company has adopted multiple interventions to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its operations.



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