India’s Adani Power buys DB Power for $879 million | Rare Techy

BENGALURU, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Adani Power Ltd ( ADAN.NS ) said on Friday it would buy thermal power plant operator DB Power for an enterprise value of 70.17 billion rupees ($879.14 million) as the largest private thermal power producer in India seems to be expanding. operation.

DB Power owns and operates a thermal power plant in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh and the deal will help Adani expand its operations in the country.

Adani Power is a unit of Asia’s richest man and billionaire, Gautam Adani’s Adani Group conglomerate, which has businesses ranging from cement to cooking oil.

DB Power has long- and medium-term power purchase agreements for its 923.5 megawatt capacity, backed by a fuel supply agreement with Coal India Ltd ( COAL.NS ) and has been operating the facility profitably, Adani Power said.

Adani Power has an installed capacity of 12,450 MW and its power projects are spread across the Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh, according to its website.

($1 = 79.8170 Indian rupees)

Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath and Shounak Dasgupta

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