headquarters new delhi india 1 key people vineet mittal managing director 2 b.k. goenka chairman products electric power parent welspun group website www.welspunenergy.com welspun energy ltd wel is an independent power company based in new delhi india . it is a subsidiary of welspun group . in addition to the coal based power projects wel is the biggest developer of solar projects in india . 3 the company is aiming to commission 1 700 mw of solar and wind power projects across india by 2016 . 4 5 6 towards this goal the company plans to commission 1 gw renewable capacities within 2015 16 . 7 welspun energy has also plans to participate in government s program of setting up 4000 mw solar ultra mega power projects . 8 wel s solar projects are situated in high radiation sites in states like rajasthan and gujarat . the 151 mw dc solar plant at neemuch is one of the largest solar plants in the world . in march 2013 the company commissioned the 50 mw phalodi solar plant which that time was the largest solar plant in india . 9 in december 2013 the company commissioned an 8 mw solar project in karnataka . 6 in february 2014 it inaugurated the 151 mw neemuch solar project in madhya pradesh which is the india s largest and among the world largest solar power plants . 10 11 12 in april 2014 ge energy financial services invested us 24 million in this project . this was also ge s first investment into a renewable energy project in india . 13 14 in may 2014 the company commissioned a 19 mw solar power project in chitradurga district of karnataka . 15 16 together with the maharashtra state power generation company wel has developed a 50 mw solar power plant at baramati in pune district . 17 in august 2015 the company commissioned a 34 mw solar project in bhatinda district of punjab . 18 the company aims to develop a total of 550 mw solar capacities in karnataka 100 mw in andhra pradesh and 150 mw in punjab . 19 20 welspun energy aims to develop 1 000 mw of wind power projects by 2014 . 21 gujarat andhra pradesh and karnataka are focus states for the company s wind projects . in karnataka welspun has signed agreements for developing two wind projects of 750 mw and 100 mw . 22 in rajasthan the company aims to develop a capacity of over 300 mw . a memorandum of understanding is signed with the government of andhra pradesh to develop 500 mw wind capacity . 23 in june 2014 asian development bank made a us 50 million equity investment into welspun renewables the largest direct equity investment in the renewable energy sector by adb . 24 25 26 welspun power develops the 1320 mw mirzapur thermal power plant in uttar pradesh and 2 000 mw katni thermal power plant in madhya pradesh . 2 27 28 it also developing 660 mw plant in maharashtra . 29 welspun renewables is registered with united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc under the clean development mechanism program of activities . 30 through its wind and solar power capacities the solar and wind energy projects of wel have generated 1.1 billion units of renewable energy till date and have mitigated over 1 million tons of carbon emissions . 7 references edit welcome to welspun energy limited . welspun energy . retrieved 12 january 2011 . a b mou signed by indian state and welspun energy for power project . azocleantech . 12 january 2013 . retrieved 12 january 2011 . welspun energy s plan gets registered with united nations . the economic times . 31 july 2013 . retrieved 13 august 2013 . welspun energy to invest 1 billion in wind energy projects . the times of india . 13 june 2012 . retrieved 13 august 2013 . welspun energy to set up solar parks . business standard . 11 july 2013 . retrieved 13 august 2013 . a b welspun energy commissions its first solar power project in karnataka . the economic times . 19 december 2013 . retrieved 30 april 2014 . a b our story . welspun renewables . retrieved 2015 09 08 . welspun energy keen on bidding for solar umpps . the economic times . 16 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