TV9 News: 50MW Solar Thermal Power Plant Comissioned in Andhra Pradesh...,
HYDERABAD: Anantapur district is known for arid weather conditions and as one which receives solar radiation of 5.2 kilowatt per square meter per day. It gains significance as the district is one of the few places across India which receives heat radiation of such strength.

Utilising this natural phenomenon and to promote clean energy solutions, Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) established a 50 Mega Watt (MW) solar thermal power plant in the district, which uses concentrated solar power (CSP) technology, one of its first in south India. MEIL established this plant through its unit MEIL Green Power Limited (MGPL).

MGPL was awarded the 50 MW solar thermal power plant as part of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). The mission’s target is to deploy 20,000 MW of grid connected solar power by 2022.

The plant, commissioned on Thursday, is spread across 600 acre of Nagalapuram village in Peddavadaguru mandal of Anantapur district and built at a cost of ` 848 crore. The plant is the only one, out of seven, solar thermal power plants located in south India. The six other plants are located in Rajasthan and produces 420 MW put together.