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The Bhadla Solar Park is a solar power plant located in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India. It covers an area of 56 square kilometers and has a total installed capacity of 2,245 megawatts (MW), making it India's largest and the 11th-largest solar park in the world as of 2024. [ 4 ]
[5] [6] The Kamuthi Solar Power Project was completed on 21 September 2016 with an investment of around ₹ 4,550 crore (equivalent to ₹ 65 billion or US$770 million in 2023). [7] The solar plant consists of 2.5 million solar modules, 380,000 foundations, 27,000 metres of structures, 576 inverters, 154 transformers, and almost 6,000 km of cables.
With these strongly determined initiatives, India has also become the home of some of the world's largest solar parks, including the Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan, India's largest and the world's 11th-largest as of 2024, generating 2,245 MW of solar power. India's solar power installed capacity was 97.86 GW AC as of 31 December 2024. [2]
2016–2020 development of Bhadla Solar Park (India) documented by satellite imagery. The following is a list of photovoltaic power stations that are larger than 500 megawatts (MW) in current net capacity. [1]
The 600 MW plant is being built on the Omakareshwar Dam's reservoir and the evacuating infrastructure is being provided by the state-owned Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL). [3] Reportedly, this plan will be the largest floating solar power generation facility globally. [4] In August 2023, a capacity of 278 MW had been activated.
The solar park was damaged by a gale and thunderstorm in Kurnool district on 7 May 2017. Strong winds uprooted some solar panels installed by Softbank and Greenko, and also damaged staff quarters and workers facilities. The damage to the solar park caused by the extreme weather was estimated at ₹ 20 million (US$230,000). [15]
In August 2016, Tata Power Solar commissioned a 100 MW solar project at the park built over an area of 200 hectares (500 acres). This was the largest solar project commissioned using domestically manufactured solar cells and modules at the time. In May 2018, Azure Power commissioned a 50 MW solar capacity at the park.
Mansa Solar Power Plant is a 31.5 MW solar photovoltaic power generating station at Mirpur Kalan village of Mansa district in Punjab state of India. [1] Built by Hindustan Power, it is the largest single location solar power plant in Punjab with a capacity of 31.5 MW. The plant is spread over 173 acres and project cost is over ₹ 200 crore.