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Annexure 1 lists it in Pune district with Terms of Reference (ToR)The list of studies an EIA must cover, set by the expert committee. Getting a ToR is the first clearance step, not a permission to build.More in glossary → applied for.
A CEA concurrenceTechnical-economic approval of a hydro DPR by the Central Electricity Authority, needed above a cost threshold.More in glossary → table (Mar 2026, seen only as a search snippet) lists Kalamb Thakurwadi in Raigad as a Closed loopA PSP whose two reservoirs are built away from rivers; water is filled once and then recirculated.More in glossary → site of about 1,000 MW.
District and loop type need the ToR application.
Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC)The central committee of experts that recommends ToR and EC for river valley and hydro projects, including PSPs.More in glossary → 6th meeting minutes (23 Jan 2024, item 6.3, proposal IA/MH/RIV/456439/2023): 1,000 MW closed loop on 157 ha at Ambavane, Mulshi, Pune, by ReNew Solar Power.
ReNew asked for deferment to 'verify and validate' information and the EAC returned the proposal.
EAC returns ReNew's Kalamb Thakurwadi ToR proposal
Details and documents
ReNew asked for deferment to 'verify and validate' information on its 1,000 MWDocumented“Kalamb Thakurwadi Pumped Storage Project (1000 MW) by RENEW SOLAR POWER PRIVATE LIMITED”EAC 6th meeting minutes, 23 Jan 2024 (item 6.3), page7 · 23 January 2024 closed-loop project at Ambavane, Mulshi (157 haDocumented“Kalamb Thakurwadi Close Loop Pumped Storage Project (1000 MW) in an area of 157 ha at”EAC 6th meeting minutes, 23 Jan 2024 (item 6.3), page29 · 23 January 2024). The EAC returned the proposal.