India's Green Port Milestone
Dhamra Becomes India's First Renewable-Powered Private Multi-Cargo Port Starting August 2026
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Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone’s Dhamra Port in Odisha now gets all its electricity from renewable sources, making it India’s first large-scale private multi-cargo port to do so, according to the company. The transition took effect in August 2026 and supplies more than 90 lakh units of electricity per month, or over 108 gigawatt-hours annually, for the port’s round-the-clock operations. Power comes from a mix of APSEZ’s captive hybrid plant in Gujarat, third-party access and green-power procurement through Odisha’s utility framework. The company says the shift supports its Net-Zero strategy and will reduce emissions associated with purchased electricity.
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The renewable supply mix is broken down as roughly 25–30% from APSEZ’s captive hybrid plant at Khavda in Gujarat, 10–15% through third-party access, and the remainder through a Green Consumer arrangement with Odisha’s distribution utility.
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Dhamra has an installed capacity of 60 million tonnes and handled 48.8 million tonnes of cargo in the financial year ended March 2026.
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The port has six dry-cargo berths, rapid-loading silos, wagon tipplers, track hoppers and mechanised storage yards, and is connected by rail and road to mineral-rich areas of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
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