India's Adani Group's power purchase deal with the Sri Lankan government is intact, the company said on Friday, after the AFP news agency reported it had been revoked, citing a government official and a document.

The island nation has been trying to fast-track renewable energy projects to hedge against surges in imported fuel costs.

Sri Lanka’s new government plans to renegotiate its power purchase agreement with Adani Group for wind energy projects.

Sri Lanka has revoked a power purchase deal with India's Adani Group after a probe into U.S. allegations that the conglomerate's executives paid bribes to secure Indian power supply contracts, according to an AFP report published by the Economic Times newspaper on Friday.

Sri Lanka has revoked a 2024 power purchase agreement with Adani Green Energy for a proposed wind power plant in the Northern Province, amid corruption allegations, AFP reported on Friday (24 January).

This is not 1st time the project has been in the news. In 2022, there was a political furore in Sri Lanka over the awarding of wind energy projects to Adani Green Energy without a tendering process

Adani Green Energy's stock experienced a decline following the news of Sri Lanka's termination of the power purchase agreement, reaching a daily low of Rs 1,008.

Sri Lanka has revoked a power purchase agreement with Indian conglomerate Adani Group following allegations of corruption, energy ministry sources in Colombo said on Friday..President Anura Kumara Dis

Adani Green Energy shares fell nearly 6% after reaching a day's high, following a report that Sri Lanka cancelled a $440 million power purchase agreement with the company.