Lignite-to-power producer NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) is planning to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO) of its wholly owned subsidiary NLC India Renewables Ltd by the first quarter of the next financial year, company’s Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Prasanna Kumar Motupalli said.
In an interview to PTI here, the CMD said the PSU is planning to ramp up its renewable energy capacity from the current 1.4 GW to 6 GW by 2030.
The funds raised via the IPO will be used in its clean energy expansion plans, he said.
The company also plans to arrange soft loans from foreign companies and banks for this purpose, the CMD explained.
“As on date… the existing assets of NLCIL are to be transferred to that company (NLC India Renewables Ltd). For transfer of that assets, some exemption is required from the Government of India. So that process is on.
“So, we are expecting to get that clearance from the government by around October. In the first quarter of the next financial year
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