First Solar, Inc. has announced
the commissioning by Reliance
Power Ltd, a Reliance ADA
Group company, of a 40-mw groundmounted
solar photovoltaic power
plant in Rajasthan that will provide
clean energy to Mumbai. The project
was built in just five months.
Comprising some 500,000 First
Solar thin-film modules, the power
plant is spread over 350 acres near
Dhursar village in Jaisalmer district.
The plant is expected to generate
more than 60 million units (kwh) of
clean solar energy a year, making it
one of the country's largest
photovoltaic power plant in terms of
electricity generation.
Covering 350 acres, it is 23 times
the size of Calcutta's famous Eden
Gardens cricket grounds and is
expected to satisfy the annual
electricity needs of more than70,000
average Indian households. It will
displace more than 60,000 tonnes of
carbon dioxide emissions per year,
the equivalent of taking more than
25,000 cars off the road.
The Dhursar project is the first
of several that Reliance plans to
build with First Solar modules as
part of a 100-mw module order
placed last year.
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Alstom T&D commissions 220kV substation |
| Alstom T&D India (formerly known as
Areva T&D India) has commissioned a
220kV substation to serve the 40-mw
Dhursar solar photovoltaic plant of
Reliance Power. This turnkey contract,
worth Rs.40 crore, entailed design and
construction of the substation including
control, protection, monitoring systems
and complete civil works including land
development at the plant.
A release by Alstom T&D noted that the
Rajasthan solar power plant, currently
India's largest photovoltaic solar power
plant, will help to kick-start large-scale
solar electricity generation in India, where
solar energy potential is the highest in the
world. By optimising the use of renewable
energy resources, the plant will help to
eradicate the impact of fossil fuel scarcity
on Indian energy sector, the release
added. |