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NTPC Commissions First Part Capacity Of 23 MW Solapur Solar Power Project In Maharashtra
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Power major NTPC on Friday (30 December) announced the commissioning of the first part capacity of 23 megawatt (MW) solar power project at Solapur in Maharashtra.
"Consequent upon successful commissioning, first part capacity of 10 MW out of 23 MW Solapur Solar PV Project at Maharashtra, is declared on Commercial Operation with effect from 00:00 hours of 30.12.2022," the state-run power major said on Friday.
"With this, standalone installed and commercial capacity of NTPC has become 58269 MW, while group installed and commercial capacity of NTPC has become 70884 MW," it added.
The power major has been commissioning renewable projects on a monthly basis with a cumulative addition of around 1,300 MW of renewable capacity in the current fiscal.
On Thursday (29 December), NTPC commissioned the second part capacity of 50 MW out of 300 MW Nokhra solar power plant in Rajasthan, taking the total commissioned capacity of the project to 150 MW.
Besides Nokhra, the company has successfully commissioned second part capacity of 67.73 MW out of 230 MW Ettayapuram Solar PV Project at Tamil Nadu on 15 December 2022. The first part capacity of 162.27 MW has already been declared on commercial operation from 10 December.
Similarly, the entire capacities of 150 MW and 90 MW Devikot Solar PV Projects at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, have been successfully operationalised from 13 December.
In September this year, the group commissioned the first part capacity of 150 MW out of 300 MW Shambu ki Burj-2 Solar PV Project at Bikaner in Rajasthan.
Besides Shambu ki Burj-2, the company also successfully commissioned entire capacity of 20 MW Auraiya Floating Solar PV Project at Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh on 16 September 2022.
Earlier, the public sector enterprise successfully commissioned four projects in August this year.
These projects include Shambu ki Burj-1 Solar PV at Bikaner (250 MW), Fatehgarh Solar PV at Jaisalmer (48.8 MW), Kawas Solar PV Project at Kawas, Gujarat (51 MW) and Gandhar Solar PV at Gandhar, Gujarat (10 MW).
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