NTPC set to unveil India’s largest floating solar plant

State-run power generator NTPC is set to unveil the country’s largest floating solar power plant of 100 mw capacity at Ramagundam in Telangana under non-PPA (power purchase agreement) mode.

CV Anand, NTPC’s regional director-south, told reporters on Wednesday that the floating solar power plant — coming up over 450 acres of reservoir area and involving an investment of Rs 423 crore — will take off by May.

NTPC is the country’s largest power utility, accounting for over a fifth of the country’s power generation. Apart from preparing to commence operations of a 1,600 mw of coal-fired power plant at Ramagundam, involving Rs 10,599 crore investment in a year or so, it is also building a 230 mw solar power plant at Ettayapuram, near Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, to supply power to Telangana, Anand said.