Adani Group's wind power project in Sri Lanka will be completed by December 2024

Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara has stated that the Adani Group's 500 MW renewable energy project in Sri Lanka's north and east will be finished by December of next year. "Progress of the 500 MW Renewable Energy Project in Mannar & Pooneryn was discussed with Anil Sardana, MD & CEO of Adani Transmission Ltd. & project management team," Wijesekara posted on Twitter while updating followers on the project's status.

After his meeting with the Adani Group executives here, Wijesekara stated, "We discussed the challenges, road map, and timeline for the project completion and the commitment by Adani Green Energy to complete the project by December 2024." According to officials, this was the first review since the one that was done in February.

The Adani Group received authorization in August of last year to begin wind generating projects in Pooneryn, in the northeast of the nation. Provisional approval for two wind projects totaling 286 MW in Mannar and 234 MW in Pooneryn, with a combined expenditure of more than USD 500 million, was given to Adani Green Energy. In addition to their investment in the Western container terminal of the port of Colombo, the Adani Group has also made investments in the energy sector of Lanka.

The group's leader, Gautam Adani, met with the then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in October 2021 to advance their interests in the nation after they agreed to build the western container terminal at Colombo port during the Rajapaksa administration.