(Reuters) -State-owned explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) said on Wednesday that its joint venture with utility firm NTPC Green Energy will acquire Ayana Renewable Power, which operates solar and wind plants.
Ayana is valued at $2.3 billion including debt, ONGC said in a statement.
The 50-50 joint venture outbid JSW Energy for the renewable energy firm, Reuters had reported in November, citing sources.
Ayana, owned by quasi-sovereign wealth fund National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, British International Investment Fund and Green Growth Equity Fund, operates plants that produce 1,600 megawatts in India and has another 2,500 megawatts in such projects under construction.
The acquisition comes at a time when large power producers in India are betting big on renewables and making pledges to expand their green energy capacities.
The Indian government has pledged to add 500 gigawatts of clean energy by 2030 to reduce carbon emissions.
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee and Kashish Tandon in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)
