South Eastern Coalfields to develop solar power projects of 600 MW with Rs 1000 crore investment

South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL), a coal-producing subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, is planning to develop rooftop and ground mounted solar power projects of 600 MW capacity in the coming years, the Ministry of Coal said in a release. The project is in line with the company’s strategy to expand and diversify its business and achieve the ‘Net Zero Energy’ goal and with the larger goal of ‘Panchamrit’ announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at CoP-26 to achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2070.

The SECL project is expected to be developed at a cost of more than Rs 1000 crore. “Some of these projects would be implemented in RESCO (Renewable Energy Service Company)/BOO (Build-Own-Operate) mode,” the ministry said.