NTPC expedites work on India’s largest floating solar plant

NTPC, the country’s largest power generator with an installed capacity of over 66,885 MW, is on course to commissioning India’s biggest floating solar power plant of 100 MW capacity at Ramagundam in Telangana.

This could trigger a wave of floating solar power projects across various water bodies, lakes, reservoirs and river systems of Godavari and Narmada. The coal mining firm, Singareni Collieries Company, located closeby, is also planning a 300 MW floating solar plant at Maniar dam.

Sunil Kumar, Chief General Manager, NTPC Ramagundam and Telangana NTPC, told BusinessLine, “NTPC is focussing on renewable energy and as a part of this, we are constructing a 100 MW Floating Solar photovoltaic project at Ramagundam on a 450-acre water body of the 800-acre reservoir.”

“This is the largest in this segment and has the potential to trigger a wave of similar projects. The reservoirs on Godavari river have huge potential as this bypasses the requirement of land acquisition for solar project. We have received interest for a similar project on Narmada and enquiries from abroad,” he said.