Saxena commissions India's 1st Geothermal Wells in Ladakh | The Northlines | PressReader

India has commissioned its first geothermal wells in Ladakh's Puga Valley—two 1,000-metre-deep boreholes drilled by ONGC Energy Centre at 14,000+ feet altitude, recording 135°C at 400 metres depth and designed to feed a 1 MW pilot geothermal power plant. The project, renewed under a five-year MOU, represents India's first demonstration-scale geothermal power generation and a stepping stone toward the government's net-zero and carbon-neutral Ladakh targets.

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