EESL plans to set up 1,500-MW decentralised solar power plants by 2021
NEW DELHI: State-owned Energy Efficient Services Ltd (EESL) has forayed into solar power generation and plans to set up 1,500 MW of decentralised solar power plants across the country by the end of 2020-21, its managing director, Saurabh Kumar said.
According to Kumar, the Maharashtra government had given mandate for 800 mw of solar power, of which EESL has already operationalised 100 MW. Rajasthan has given EESL the mandate to set up 113 MW of solar distributed generation projects, he added.
In Maharashtra, EESL is supplying electricity at Rs 3.10 per unit to agriculture feeders, with land for the project being provided by the state. In Rajasthan, the company will supply power at Rs 3.90 per unit along with land acquisition cost, he said.
