Coal India & AM Green: wind & solar energy supply for renewable ammonia

State-owned coal giant to deploy renewable energy

Click to learn more. AM Green’s renewable ammonia portfolio in India has a capacity of about 5 million tons per year. The projects will be powered by a combination of wind and solar energy.  Source: AM Green.

As part of a newly signed MoU, Coal India Limited will supply a combined 4,500 MW of wind and solar energy to AM Green’s renewable ammonia projects in India. The renewable energy, to be supplied in phases, will include between 2,500 – 3,000 MW of solar energy and about 1,500 – 2,000 MW of onshore wind energy.

To ensure continuous supply, the renewable energy will be integrated with pumped hydro. The specific details are unclear at this stage, but the renewable energy deployment will cost an estimated Rs. 25,000 Crores (~US$300 million). The project will explore the southern states for wind energy and high irradiation regions such as Gujarat and Rajasthan for solar energy.

In India, AM Green Energy is targeting a production capacity of 5 million tons per year of renewable ammonia by 2030 from multiple plants distributed across the country. In January this year, the company was granted access to the inter-state electricity transmission system by  India’s National Committee on Transmission. This will enable about 2,000 MW of renewable energy to be supplied to its Kakinada site which reached FID in August 2024.

AM Green’s renewable ammonia production target will consume about 1 million tons per year of hydrogen, which represents about 20% of India’s renewable hydrogen target according to the country’s National Green Hydrogen Mission.

We are delighted to partner with CIL on one of the world’s largest carbon-free, renewable energy supply contracts. We aim to become one of the most cost-competitive producers of green hydrogen, green ammonia, and other green molecules in the world.

Anil Chalamalasetty, Greenko Group & AM Green founder, in his organisation’s press release, 9 May 2025