India conducts its first major wind-solar hybrid auction

Hybrid is one in which solar and wind is generated together by placing solar modules and wind turbines alongside each other.
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NGALURU: Softbank-backed SB Energy and Gautam Adani led- Adani Green Energy have won 840 MW of the 1,200 MW put on sale at the first wind-solar hybrid auction.

SB Energy won 450 MW at Rs 2.67 per unit of electricity generated while Adani Green Energy won 390 MW at Rs 2.69 in the auction conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).