#SOLAR POWER INSTALL#
NTPC Simhadri has awarded BHEL to install a 25 MW floating solar PV plant on its water supply reservoir.
In August 2018, Greater Visakhapatnam commissioned a 2 MW Mudasarlova Reservoir grid-connected floating solar project which is the largest operational floating solar PV project in India. In October 2017, 1000 MW was commissioned at Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park which has become the world's largest solar power plant at that time. In 2015, NTPC agreed with APTransCo to install the 250-MW NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Power Project near Kadiri in Anantapur district. The state is planning to construct 33,000 MW pumped storage projects to mitigate the intermittency associated with renewable energy. Andhra Pradesh is endowed with abundant pumped hydroelectric energy storage to make available solar power in to round the clock power supply for meeting its ultimate energy needs. The state has also offered five Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects with a total capacity of 12,200 MW to developers under renewable power export policy outside the state. The state is planning to add 10,050 MW solar power capacity to provide power supply to farming sector during the day time.
Installed photo-voltaic capacity in Andhra Pradesh was 3,531 MW as of 31 August 2020. Main article: Power sector of Andhra Pradesh The daily average solar-power-plant generation capacity in India is 0.30 kWh per m 2 of used land area, equivalent to 1,400–1,800 peak (rated) capacity operating hours in a year with available, commercially-proven technology. The solar energy available in a single year exceeds the possible energy output of all of the fossil fuel energy reserves in India. With about 300 clear and sunny days in a year, the calculated solar energy incidence on India's land area is about 5,000 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year (or 5 EWh/yr). 15.3 Indian initiative of International solar alliance.2.1 Installed cumulative national and state-wise capacity.India has also put forward the concept of " One Sun One World One Grid" and " World Solar Bank" to harness abundant solar power on global scale. The International Solar Alliance (ISA), proposed by India as a founder member, is headquartered in India. That year, 1,18,700 solar home lighting systems were installed and 46,655 solar street lighting installations were provided under a national programme just over 14 lakh (1.4 million) solar cookers were distributed in India. Solar products have increasingly helped to meet rural needs by the end of 2015 just under one million solar lanterns were sold in the country, reducing the need for kerosene. In addition to its large-scale grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) initiative, India is developing off-grid solar power for local energy needs. Rooftop solar power accounts for 2.1 GW, of which 70% is industrial or commercial. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy had stated that a further 36.03 GW (as of January 31, 2021) of solar projects are under various stages of implementation and 23.87 GW are in the tendering process. India has established nearly 42 solar parks to make land available to the promoters of solar plants. In 2015 the target was raised to 100 GW of solar capacity (including 40 GW from rooftop solar) by 2022, targeting an investment of US$100 billion. The Indian Government had an initial target of 20 GW capacity for 2022, which was achieved four years ahead of schedule. The country's solar installed capacity was 48.556 GW as of 30 November 2021. Solar power in India is a fast developing industry as part of the renewable energy in India.