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L-G VK Saxena commissions India's first two geothermal wells at Puga Valley in Ladakh
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Fusion42 · 17 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
India has commissioned its first two geothermal wells at Puga Valley in Ladakh, drilling to 1000 metres at 14,000+ feet altitude, with temperatures reaching 135°C at 400 metres depth. The wells support a 1 MW pilot geothermal power project—India's first demonstration-scale geothermal plant—marking a concrete step towards carbon-neutral Ladakh and domestic geothermal energy commercialisation.
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India now has a proven 1 MW geothermal playbook at altitude in extreme terrain—and ONGC will need to buy drilling, cooling, and power systems at scale to move from pilot to commercial. If you build equipment that works in 14,000-foot cold deserts, you have a customer.
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