Karnataka I solar park is a 40.5 megawatt (MWDC) photovoltaic power station.[1] It is located at Chikkoppa Village in the Koppal District of the Indian state of Karnataka. It was commissioned in January 2018. It covers 178 acres (72 hectares) and supplies about 72,000 people with energy. The solar park is operated by Talettutayi Solar Projects One Private Limited and was constructed using 125,080 solar modules.[2] The solar power from the plant is taken by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
| Karnataka I | |
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| Country | India |
| Location | Koppal district, Karnataka |
| Coordinates | 15°39′07″N 75°59′33″E / 15.65194°N 75.99250°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 5 January 2018 |
| Owner | Talettutayi Solar Projects One Private Limited |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | |
| Collectors | 125,080 |
| Total collector area | 178 acres |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 40.5 MWDC |
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| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The developer is Solar Arise India Projects Limited, which the shareholders are Thomas Lloyd Group, the European Initiative on Clean, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change related to Development SICAV SIF in relation to Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (“GEEREF”), advised by the European Investment Bank Group, Kotak Mahindra managed Core Infrastructure India Fund (“CIIF”) and the founding management team Anil Nayar, James Abraham and Tanya Singhal. SolarArise owns and operates 130 MW of grid-connected solar power projects in India.[3][4]
Solar power in India
editIndia targets developing 40 gigawatts of solar power plants and an additional 60 gigawatts in local generation by 2022.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Juwi baut 40-Megawatt-Park in Indien". Energie-Allee, issue of 2017, september. Retrieved 2019-02-04. (german) (pdf)
- ^ Thomas Lloyd Group: Karnataka I
- ^ ThomasLloyd takes stake in SolarArise Foreign Investors on India, issue of 2018, october, 10. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ Business: Kotak Mahindra, EIB to Invest in India’s SolarArise, Bloomberg, issue of 2014, october, 9. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ "Revision of cumulative targets under National Solar Mission from 20,000 MW by 2021-22 to 1,00,000 MW". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
External links
edit- Official website Thomas Lloyd
- Official website Solar Arise
