First Indian cement company to reach 2,024 MW green energy capacity; 116.55 MW wind, 10 MW WHRS commissioned

UltraTech commissioned 116.55 MW wind at Barmer and 10 MW WHRS at Sarlanagar, taking installed green energy capacity to 2,024 MW — 1,580 MW renewables plus 444 MW WHRS, about 48% of its power needs.

Mon 5 Oct 2026

Installed green energy capacity

2,024 MW

Renewable energy capacity

1,580 MW

WHRS capacity

444 MW

Share of power needs from green energy

about 48%

Newly commissioned

116.55 MW wind at Barmer and 10 MW WHRS at Sarlanagar

UltraTech has informed the exchanges that it commissioned 116.55 MW of wind capacity at its Inter-State Transmission System-connected wind-solar hybrid project in Barmer, Rajasthan, and 10 MW of Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS) capacity at Sarlanagar Cement Works, its integrated manufacturing unit in Karnataka. With this, cumulative installed green energy capacity reached 2,024 MW — a level the company says no other Indian cement company has reached for captive use.

The numbers at a glance

• Total installed green energy capacity: 2,024 MW
• Of which renewable energy: 1,580 MW
• Of which Waste Heat Recovery System capacity: 444 MW
• Share of current power requirements met by green energy: about 48%
• Green energy capacity commissioned in FY26: 430 MW
• Newly commissioned: 116.55 MW of wind at Barmer and 10 MW of WHRS at Sarlanagar

What the company said

Mr K C Jhanwar, Managing Director, said the milestone is the result of a strategy pursued consistently over the past decade, and that with nearly half of the company's power needs now met through green energy, it is significantly less exposed to fossil fuel supply constraints and power price volatility.

Where green energy use stands

• In FY27 so far, nearly a third of the company's 76 manufacturing units in India have maintained green energy utilisation above 50% of their electricity requirement
• Five of these units have exceeded 95%

Storage and stated plans

• Battery Energy Storage Systems are being progressively integrated across operations to improve renewable energy utilisation and supply reliability
• In 2025, the company operationalised an on-site hybrid round-the-clock renewable energy project combining solar, wind and battery storage at Sewagram Cement Works, Gujarat
• Stated target: green energy at 85% of the total power mix by 2030
• As a member of RE100, a commitment to meet 100% of its electricity requirement from renewable sources by 2050
• The company states it has not invested in new captive thermal power capacity, for greenfield projects or brownfield expansions at its integrated units, for more than a decade

How to read this announcement

This is an operational update about capacity that has been commissioned. The points a reader can weigh are the size of the captive green energy base now in place, the roughly 48% share of the power requirement it covers, and the stated medium- and long-term targets. The company links the strategy to lower exposure to coal and electricity price volatility and to stable long-term operations.

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