The T-Solar Group, Spain-based photovoltaic solar energy producer, has installed its second PV power plant in India. By setting up this new plant in Gujarat, the company is in the process of establishing itself as one of major participant in the Indian solar energy sector.
The new plant has been set-up in Nayaka, Gujarat, which has capacity of 12.3 Mwp and the plant will generate 19.4 GWh a year. The company is looking to aid country’s national grid to meet its electricity demand and thereby resorting to clean resources like solar, in order to retain rapidly utilised traditional resources. The power plant consists of 96,885 panels installed over a 36.4 hectare site.
Apart from this plant, T-Solar also has another 5 MWp photo-voltaic power plant in Osiyan, Rajasthan which was installed in October 2011. This plant is said to generate 8.5 GWh power a year to the electricity grid of the state. It was the first photo-electric power plant to be connected to the Indian grid by a Spanish company and one of the first to come on line under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).
The total investment in these two photo-voltaic projects amounts to $51 million. T-Solar is one of many companies looking to utilise India’s chronic power situation to develop their own solar power hub by joining hands with various domestic solar manufacturers and states.
