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India’s biggest floating solar power plant project developed at Ramagundam in Telangana
- India’s biggest floating solar power plant with a capacity of 100 MW will be set up at Ramagundam in Telangana.
- The project, expected to be opened in May, is being set up at Ramagundam thermal power plant reservoir.
- The solar project is commissioned by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
- The project, which is estimated to cost around 423 crore rupees, will have 4.5 lakh photovoltaic panels.
- The solar panels will cover 450-acre areas of the reservoir and can be expanded in the future.
- NTPC’s efforts to set up floating solar power projects are aimed at reducing its carbon footprints and accelerate its green energy production to 30 percent of its capacity.
- The world’s largest solar power plant with 600 MW capacities is being set up on Omkareshwar Dam on Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh.
- The project costing 3,000 crore rupees is expected to start power generation only by 2022-23.
