Azure Power commissions 5MW project in Rajasthan in record time

NEW DELHI: Azure Power has commissioned the first 5MW solar PV power plant under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) at Kathauti village, Rajasthan today. The project, spread over 40+ acres of wasteland has been commissioned in a record time of 11 months.

This power plant, set up under the Phase I Batch I of JNNSM will supply power to the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. It is also expected to reduce carbon emissions of up to 5500 metric tonnes every year.

For batch 1 of the phase 1, NVVN ( NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam) had invited request for qualification for 150 Mw of solar PV projects, with a capacity of five Mw each, and 500 Mw solar thermal projects, with a minimum capacity of five Mw and maximum of 100 Mw each. Sixty companies participated in the bidding.

JNNSM aims at tapping the huge potential of solar power in India, which is estimated to be around 5,000 trillion kWh per year energy. Government recently indicated that the target to achieve grid-parity would be reduced from 2022 to 2017 looking at the huge participation and low tariffs quoted by solar energy companies.