India’s biggest floating solar power plant coming up in Telangana

HYDERABAD: India’s biggest floating solar power plant with a capacity of 100 megawatt is expected to become operational in Telangana next month.
The project has been set up by the energy conglomerate National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in the reservoir of its thermal power plant at Ramagundam, Peddapalli district.
The solar photo-voltaic project, spread over 450 acres, will have 4.5 lakh photovoltaic panels and it can be expanded in the future
According to C V Anand, executive director, NTPC Southern Region, this will be the largest floating solar plant in the country in a single location as of now.
The project has been set up at a cost of Rs 423 crore. The Maharatna company plans to set up solar projects across all thermal power plants in the country.