The plant is the only one out of seven solar thermal power plants located in south india.
Ntpc anantapur solar power plant.
Jha director technical ntpc.
Ntpc is taking various steps to make its energy portfolio greener by adding significant capacities of renewable energy re sources.
Even as the ntpc ramagundam has secured all permissions to set up the 25 mws solar power plant in the coal belt area of godavarikhani ramagundam trs legislator s satyanarayana has raised a banner of.
The mission s target is to deploy 20 000 mw of grid connected solar power by 2022.
Four companies including tata power solar systems limited have bagged the epc contract worth rs 1 779 crore from public sector ntpc limited for setting up a 250 mw solar photovoltaic power project in anantapur district of andhra pradesh of the 250 mw capacity tata power solar systems bengaluru has been awarded 100 mw works while the contract for 50 mw each was given to lanco solar energy.
State owned ntpc expects to commission 750 mw solar power project in anantapur by the end of next fiscal.
In anantapur of andhra pradesh we are installing 1 000 mw of solar power project out of which 250 mw has been commissioned rest 750 mw will be commissioned by the end of 2017 18 ntpc s regional executive director south v b fadnavis said at a press conference here.
The plant commissioned on thursday is spread across 600 acre of nagalapuram village in peddavadaguru mandal of anantapur district and built at a cost of 848 crore.
The apgenco also set up a special purpose vehicle spv named as.
Ntpc occupies the premier position in the indian energy sector in terms of size and efficiency.
By 2032 the company plans to have a minimum of 32000 mw capacity through re sources constituting nearly 25 of its overall power generation capacity.
It accounts for 25 of india s total generation during the financial year 2015 16.
With an increasing presence in the power value chain ntpc is well on its way to becoming an integrated power major powering india s growth story.
Power sector of andhra pradesh is divided into 4 categories namely regulation generation transmission and distribution andhra pradesh electricity regulatory commission aperc is the regulatory body.
Project completion time 3 months ahead of schedule.
Project size 100 mw.
Land area 500 acres.
Project type epc for utility scale ground mount solar project.
Location anantapur andhra pradesh.
Co 2 offset 110 000 tonnes annually given our ambitious target for green power we were aware that our requirement of rigorous.
100mw solar power plant given our ambitious target for green power we were aware that our requirement of rigorous timelines and cost efficiency was a challenging one.