ENGIE has brought two Indian solar developments with a combined capacity of 450 MW into operation. Its 29 October announcement confirmed that the 250 MW Khaba project in Rajasthan and 200 MW Khavda project in Gujarat were fully operational.
Khaba is located in Barmer and was developed by the group’s wholly owned Khaba Renewable Energy subsidiary. ENGIE forecasts annual electricity production of about 650 GWh from the plant.
At Khavda Renewable Energy Park in the Rann of Kutch, the company’s Enren II Energy subsidiary developed the 200 MW installation. Its output is contracted to Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited through a 25-year power purchase agreement. ENGIE estimates annual generation of approximately 350 GWh.
Together, those forecasts amount to about 1 TWh a year. They are expected production figures, rather than a record of electricity already delivered. The announcement marks the move into operation of these two projects; the company did not give separate commissioning dates.
ENGIE said roughly 80% of the construction workforce was recruited locally. That describes the construction phase and does not establish a current hiring programme or permanent job total. With commissioning complete, the operational focus moves to plant performance and maintenance.
Source: ENGIE announcement, 29 October 2026.
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Image credit: Illustrative file photograph: Astonfield’s 11.5 MW solar plant in Gujarat, India, 23 January 2013. This is not ENGIE’s Khaba or Khavda project. Citizenmj / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized; same licence retained. Source photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0.
