750 MW Solar Power Plant In India, Likely To Be Largest Solar Power Plant In World, Gets World Bank

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750 MW Solar Power Plant In India, Likely To Be Largest Solar Power Plant In World, Gets World Bank Financing Commitment
Largest Solar Power Plant In World 750 MW Solar Plant
December 20th, 2014 by Smiti Mittal

Global funds for India’s aggressive plan to install “ultra mega solar power plants” have begun to flow with the World Bank ready to support a 750 MW power plant, which is likely to become the largest solar power plant in the world. The project would require a total investment of about ₹8,000 crore ($1.3 billion).

One of the first ultra mega solar power projects India plans to establish has received a pledge of financing support from the World Bank, the Indian media reported this week. The solar power plant will have an installed capacity of 750 MW, 200 MW more than the current largest solar power plant in the world, and will be located in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is expected to be among the first to receive financial support from the current government, which allocated a ₹1,000 crore ($167 million) package for UMPPs in the FY2014-15 budget.

India’s largest power-generating company, NTPC Limited, recently signed an agreement with the Madhya Pradesh government to set up the power plant. The company stated it would invite bids for procurement of solar photovoltaic modules from domestic as well as international manufacturers but will request foreign companies to manufacture modules in India.

All projects commissioned in India in the form of ultra mega solar power plants (UMPPs) under the aegis of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) and through government-owned companies are expected to source domestically manufactured solar PV modules. This would be done to support Indian module manufacturers in lieu of the government’s decision not to impose anti-dumping duties on imported modules. A total of 25 UMPPs each with a minimum generation capacity of 500 MW will be commissioned in India over the next five years.

NTPC Limited has been chosen to set up a number of such UMPPs. The company has a pipeline of 3.5 GW of solar power capacity. It will set up UMPPs in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha, in addition to the project in Madhya Pradesh. Other government-owned companies are also expected to be tasked with setting up similar projects in other states.

We must pick it up if we don't want to fall behind too much. India's serious!

 

[Indofred]

America will not follow suit, or even try.
US foreign policy, decided by the oil and arms companies and carried out my your corrupt politicians, depends on oil imports, thus suppressing anything that threatens their profits.
This will, and already is, bringing disaster to the United states.

 

[westwall]

When they can build a solar plant that produces half of what they claim they will I will take notice. Till then, they are merely tools to take money from one group of taxpayers, and give it to a bunch of wealthy "investors" who never seem to use their own money.

 

[eagle1462010]

So far the rated outputs of these plants have been a joke................Giving peak power projections for total output after completion. I highly doubt the output will be anywhere near their projections.

We've become immune to the Green Machines usual lies.................

India can do as it pleases though.........doesn't change the price of rice here.

 

[Indofred]

India can do as it pleases though.........doesn't change the price of rice here.

Are you sure?
If countries become less dependent on oil, the whole world changes, including America.

 

[eagle1462010]

India can do as it pleases though.........doesn't change the price of rice here.

Are you sure?
If countries become less dependent on oil, the whole world changes, including America.

Most of the power over there comes from coal and not oil. Coal is already taking a beating from the Green Machine here. Since, the only real viable option to replace this means of production is gas turbines............then it really is a non issue for our power.

We are the Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas, just as we have a 200 year supply of coal to sell to the world. Coal is cheap energy and holds the lion's share of power production in that part of the world anyway.