GEDCOL aims to generate 200 Mw green power

GEDCOL is a 100% subsidiary of Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Limited

The Odisha government's newly floated Green Energy Development Corporation (GEDCOL) has set a short term goal of generating 100 Mw power from small hydel power projects and another 100 Mw from solar power projects.

This was informed by state energy minister, Arun Kumar Sahoo in a written reply to the state assembly. GEDCOL is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Limited (OHPC). The main aim and objective for creation and constitution of the company by the energy department is to explore the huge renewable energy resources in the state which are otherwise untapped for long time, read an energy department resolution.