The Hindu Business Line : Solar power plan gets positive response

Hyderabad, April 9 The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s efforts to promote setting up of large, grid-connected solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plants have received positive response.

Private sector companies have come up with proposals to set up units totalling an installed capacity of nearly 1,000 MW within a few months of the Ministry’s announcement of a programme to promote solar power.

Stating this, Dr T.C. Tripathi, Adviser in the Ministry, said a target of an aggregate installed capacity of 50 MW of solar power during the 11th Plan period was set by the Ministry under the programme.

According to him, the total capacity that was likely to come up in Rajasthan alone was around 250 MW. To ensure that efforts fructify on the ground, the State Government was collecting a registration fee of Rs 25,000 for each MW.

Dr Tripathi, who was here in connection with a seminar on ‘Grid-connected, solar photovoltaic power’, organised by the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, on Tuesday said the Ministry had set a goal to add an additional 14,000-MW of grid-quality power through renewable resources by the end of the Plan, including solar installations.

Solar photovoltaic installations essentially capture sunlight and convert it into electricity to feed to the power grid. India has been keen to take advantage of the favourable natural conditions for large-scale harnessing and deployment of solar energy.

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