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What is the breakdown of the 1.7 GW capacity addition by Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) status—specifically, what percentage is tied to long-term PPAs versus merchant sales—and how does this shift the overall PPA-to-merchant mix of the total 15.1 GW portfolio?
The exact PPA-versus-merchant split of the 1.7 GW addition is not separately disclosed in the latest capacity announcement. The filing reports 1,694 MW added since April 2026—593 MW solar, 108 MW wind, 542 MW hybrid, 150 MW hydro and 300 MW thermal—but gives no offtake-status allocation between long-term PPAs and merchant sales.[1]
The company has separately been described as having 13,567 MW of under-construction capacity backed by long-term PPAs, but that figure relates to the construction pipeline rather than the 1,694 MW already commissioned in H1 FY27.[7] It therefore cannot be used to calculate the PPA mix of the new additions.
The post-addition mix would mathematically be:
- PPA share = `(pre-addition PPA MW + PPA-backed additions) / 15,147 MW`
- Merchant share = `(pre-addition merchant MW + merchant additions) / 15,147 MW`
Accordingly, the direction of the mix shift cannot be quantified from the reported figures. A PPA-heavy addition would increase the portfolio’s contracted share, while a merchant-heavy addition would reduce it; the available disclosure supports neither an exact percentage split nor a precise before-versus-after bridge.
| Item | Reported position |
|---|---|
| H1 FY27 capacity addition | 1,694 MW, or 11.18% of the ending 15,147 MW portfolio; derived from reported capacity figures [1] |
| Long-term PPA share of the addition | Not separately disclosed |
| Merchant share of the addition | Not separately disclosed |
| Ending operational portfolio | 15,147 MW [1] |
| Closest merchant disclosure | Residual open/merchant capacity was described as below 4% of the portfolio in Q1 FY27; this is not an exact post-addition figure [6] |
How does the 1.7 GW addition in H1 FY27 alter the composition of the 15.1 GW portfolio between renewable (wind/solar/hydro) and thermal assets, and how does this current mix compare to the capacity targets outlined in the company's latest investor presentation?
Verdict: The 1.7 GW H1 FY27 addition materially tilts JSW Energy toward renewables: approximately 1.393 GW, or 82.2% of the 1.694 GW addition, was renewable, versus 300 MW of thermal capacity [1]. As a result, renewables now represent 60.66% of the 15,147 MW portfolio, up from a derived 57.94% before the additions; thermal’s share falls from 42.06% to 39.34%.
Portfolio mix
†Derived by subtracting the reported H1 additions from the current portfolio. The H1 additions comprised 593 MW solar, 108 MW wind, 542 MW hybrid, 150 MW hydro and 300 MW thermal [1]. The current renewable portfolio comprises 3,125 MW wind, 2,426 MW solar, 1,857 MW hybrid and 1,781 MW hydro [1].
The shift is therefore a mix improvement rather than a thermal exit: thermal capacity also increased by 300 MW, but renewable capacity grew much faster. The company’s renewable portfolio is now roughly 1.54x its thermal portfolio, compared with approximately 1.38x before the H1 additions.
Comparison with stated capacity targets
The latest cited target disclosure does not specify a renewable-versus-thermal split for the 30 GW target. It reports 14.5 GW under construction across thermal, hydro and renewable projects, plus a 2.8 GW pipeline, but does not provide their technology-wise breakdown [1]. Therefore, the defensible conclusion is that JSW Energy has already reached roughly half of its 30 GW generation target with a 61% renewable operating mix, while the eventual 2030 mix cannot be quantified from the stated targets.
| Portfolio | Before H1 FY27 additions† | Current portfolio | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renewable: wind, solar, hybrid and hydro | 7,796 MW, 57.94% | 9,189 MW, 60.66% [1] | +2.72 pp |
| Thermal | 5,658 MW, 42.06% | 5,958 MW, 39.34% [1] | -2.72 pp |
| Total | 13,454 MW | 15,147 MW [1] | — |
| Target or milestone | Capacity | Comparison with current portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| Operational generation capacity | 15.147 GW [1] | Current base |
| 2030 generation target | 30 GW [1] | Current portfolio is 50.49% of target; 14.853 GW remains to reach 30 GW, derived |
| Locked-in generation capacity | 32.4 GW [1] | Exceeds the 30 GW target by 2.4 GW, but includes operational, under-construction and pipeline capacity |
| 2030 storage target | 40 GWh [1] | Separate from generation-capacity mix |
Sources
- [1]JSW Energy Expands Installed Capacity to 15.1 GW with 1.7 GW Addition in H1 FY27 — 2026-10-05T19:13:32, p.2
- [2]Latest Total Debt
- [3]Latest Total Equity
- [4]Gross Debt to Equity
- [5]Net Debt to Equity
- [6]Profits Growing beyond Expectations — Simplehai, 2026-10-05T16:03:22.084796
- [7]JSW Energy Q1 FY27 slides: record capacity growth offsets profit pressure By Investing.com — Au, 2026-07-22T00:00:00
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