Adani Group's Kutch Copper is planning to add 115 megawatts of renewable energy to its copper smelter operations in Mundra, Gujarat. The project is meant to cut the plant's carbon footprint and support the company's longer-term decarbonisation goals. The smelter currently handles 500,000 tonnes of copper per year, and the company wants to double that capacity to 1 million tonnes, which would make it the world's largest single-location custom smelter. The announcement doesn't specify whether the renewable capacity will be solar, wind, or a mix, nor does it give a commissioning timeline or investment figure. For anyone tracking industrial electrification and India's grid decarbonisation, the key detail is whether this power will be behind-the-meter, supplied through a PPA, or paired with storage to match the smelter's round-the-clock demand. More clarity on those points would make it easier to judge how much of the plant's actual load this project covers.
