India To Float Big Solar

Large floating solar project by next year’

October 2, 2017 (Economic Times of India)

“Two floating solar projects with the capacity of 10 MW each are coming up in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala to harness unutilised water bodies…[They] will be the largest so far in [India. The project cost for each one was about Rs 70 crore and was funded by the World Bank. [They will be built by either respective state governments or The Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI)]…The Andra Pradesh project is expected to be commissioned new year…Location for the Kerala project is yet to be firmed up...[A100 KW floating solar] plant in Kerala is to date India’s] largest..In the renewable energy space solar has gained momentum, but [available land is limited. The SECI earlier announced] it planned to develop floating solar projects along with hybrid solar-plus-wind schemes with a combined capacity of 325 MW…” click here for more

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