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450 Megawatt Capacity Commissioned At 1 Gigawatt Kurnool Solar Park In India

450 Megawatt Capacity Commissioned At 1 Gigawatt Kurnool Solar Park In India

written by saurabh

A large-scale solar power park in southern India is slowly reaching its planned capacity of 1 gigawatts as more and more developers commission their projects.

The Kurnool solar power park owned by NTPC Limited, India’s largest power generating company, has reached an installed capacity of 450 megawatts following operationalisation of two projects. Two more projects and the solar park will reach the milestone of 1 gigawatts to become one of, if not the largest, solar power park in the world.

SB Energy, a joint venture company of Softbank, Foxconn Technology and Bharti Enterprises, had commissioned a 350 megawatt (AC) project in late March 2017 while Azure Power recently commissioned 100 megawatt (AC) project in early June 2017. All projects commissioned at the solar power park will supply electricity to state-owned utilities of Andhra Pradesh where the park is located.

Both, Azure Power and SB Energy secured rights to develop their projects under the ‘open’ category which means that they were free to use Indian or imported solar panels. While the origin of panels used by Azure Power is unknown, SB Energy used more than 700,000 panels manufactured by China-based Trina Solar.

The other two developers – Greenko Energy and Adani Green Energy – won their projects under the Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) category and are obligated to use Indian-made panels. Greenko is developing a 500 megawatts (AC) project at the park which, once commissioned, will likely become the second largest solar power project developed by a single developer at a single site in India.

Adani Green Energy, which currently operates the largest solar power project in India, will commissioned 50 megawatts (AC) project at the Kurnool solar power park.



June 18, 2017 0 comment
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India’s NTPC Expands Andhra Pradesh Solar Park To 250 MW

India’s NTPC Expands Andhra Pradesh Solar Park To 250 MW

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First phase of one of India’s largest solar power parks has now been commissioned.

India’s largest power generating company – NTPC Limited has announced commissioning of 50 MW of solar power project at Anantapuram solar park in the state of Andhra Pradesh. With the commissioning of 50 MW solar project, the phase-I of the solar park is fully operational. 200 MW capacity at the solar power park was operationalised in May 2016.

The Anantapuram ultra mega solar power project is planned to have a total capacity of 1.5 GW spread across two sites within the Anantapurum district. The second phase of the solar park will have 750 MW capacity. Both the phases will be located at district Kunta. The balance 500 MW capacity shall come up at Galiveedu.

Last year, Tata Power Solar was awarded 100 MW capacity while Lanco Solar, BHEL and Sterling and Wilson were awarded 50 MW capacity each. Entire 250 MW capacity under Phase-I is now commissioned successfully. The phase-II is expected to be operational by April next year.

The solar power park is among the several similar projects being set up by NTPC Limited. With the commissioning of 50 MW solar project at solar park, NTPC’s installed power projects capacity reached 47,228 MW.  The Indian government has launched an ultra mega solar power projects scheme that will see around 20 GW commissioned.



August 16, 2016 0 comment
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