High-capacity solar power generation plants planned

Aug 6, 2010
Source Name: 
Hindu Business Line
Source Url: 
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/08/06/stories/2010080652921900.htm

Six major industries in the southern districts plan to establish high-capacity solar power generation plants under a scheme of the Central Government, according to S.E.S.Syed Ahamed, Deputy General Manager, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), Madurai region.

The applications have been forwarded to NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN), the power trading arm of the State-owned National Thermal Power Corporation and the National Solar Mission, the designated nodal agency for Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Currently, the applications are with TEDA for providing technical advice to the applicants. He said that the annual returns on this project could touch Rs 12 crore. It has been planned to generate 150 MW every year from 2010 to 2013.

The scheme is part of the Centre's plan to generate 20 gigawatts by 2020, by establishing solar photovoltaic and solar thermal power plants across the country, he added.

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