Country’s biggest floating solar plant commissioning in May-June

Country’s biggest floating solar plant commissioning in May-June

The Hindu

The country’s biggest floating solar power plant, by generation capacity, till date being developed by NTPC in the reservoir of its thermal plant at Ramagundam in Peddapalli district of Telangana is set to be commissioned by May-June next. Work on the 100 megawatt plant is in the final stages of completion. It would be one of the renewable (solar) energy plants being developed by NTPC with an installed capacity of 447 MW in the Southern Region and the entire capacity would be commissioned by March 2023. Except for the 230 MW ground-mounted solar power plant at Ettayapuram in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, the remaining 217 MW capacity was being planned to be commissioned by May-June this year, Regional Executive Director (South) of NTPC C.V. Anand stated here on Wednesday.
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