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World's largest solar power plant to come up in Rajasthan
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SME Times News Bureau | 23 Sep, 2013
India will build the world's largest 4,000 MW solar project in the western state of Rajasthan.
The ultra-mega green solar power project would be built in two phases in an area close to Sambhar Lake, about 75 km from Jaipur.
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first phase will be of 1000 MW and commissioned in three years - by the
end of 2016, says Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister
Praful Patel.
Patel had asked the Department of Heavy Industry
(DHI) under his ministry to initiate the process of setting up the
"Sambhar Ultra -Mega Green Solar Power Project" in the 23,000 acre area
of the Sambhar Salts Limited (SSL), a subsidiary of Hindustan Salts
Limited, a public sector enterprise.
A joint venture (JV) company
will be formed with equity from BHEL, Solar Energy Corporation of
India, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., SJVN, SSL and REIL to
implement the first phase of the project.
Based on the experience
gained during implementation of the first phase, the remaining capacity
would be implemented through a variety of models.
When the
4,000 MW of project is fully commissioned, it will generate 6,000
million units of power per annum. The project will supply power to the
distribution companies of various States through the National Grid.
"Being
the first project of this scale anywhere in the world this project is
expected to set a trend for large scale solar power development in the
world," siad an official statement.
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