World’s largest solar plant built in Tamil Nadu, will
provide clean power to 1.5 lakh [150,000] homes
THINK CHANGE INDIA ,
30 NOVEMBER 2016
[n.e.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakh | A lakh is a unit
in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand...]
At a time when pollution and the effects of climate change
are making headlines almost everywhere in India, this comes as welcome news.
The Kamuthi Solar Power Project, completed in Tamil Nadu recently, has been
hailed as the world’s largest solar power plant.
Image: National Geographic
The plant covers an area of 2,500 acres, which, to put it in
perspective, is enough space to organise 476 parallel football matches. It has
a capacity of 648 MW of clean, green power, and will provide electricity to 1.5
lakh [150,000] homes. The cost of building the plant was $679 million (approximately Rs
4,500 crore).
The solar power plant contains 25 lakh [2,500,000] individual solar
panels. These panels are cleaned on a daily basis by a robotic system, which is
in turn charged by solar power, thereby making it a self sustaining system.
The plant, built by Adani Power, took only eight months to
complete, and has now become the world's largest solar plant. This title
previously belonged to the Topaz Solar Farm in California, which has a capacity
of 550 MW, reports Al Jazeera.
National Geographic Megastructures: featuring Adani's Solar Power Plant
Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, told Newsweek,
"We have a deep commitment to nation-building. We plan to produce 11,000
MW of solar energy in the next five years, putting India on the global map of
renewable energy."
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