The largest 130-MW Solar Power Plant of India
was launched at Bhagwanpur
in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh on 26 February 2014.
The Welspun Solar MP
project was constructed at a cost of 1100 crore rupees on 305 hectares of land.
It will supply power at 8.05 rupees a kWh.
About Solar Power
Capacity of India
The Union Government launched the Jawaharlal
Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in 2010. India currently has a
grid-connected solar-power capacity of
2208 MW. The JNNSM aimed for India to reach an installed capacity of 20000
MW (or 20 gigawatts) of solar power by 2022. The production cost of solar power
in India has fallen by more than half in recent years, from 17 rupees per
kilowatt-hour (kWh) three years ago to 7.50 rupees per kWh now. But these costs
are still high compared to coal (2.50 rupees per kWh), nuclear (3 rupees per
kWh) or natural gas (5.5 rupees per kWh).
India is mapping its potential for
solar-energy production across the entire country on the basis of satellite
imagery, in collaboration with the United States.
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