P Thangamani, Minister for Industries, and S Sundararaj, Minister for handlooms and textiles, has laid the foundation stone for 'Raasi Solar Park' in Tamil Nadu on 21 July 2013.
The proposed solar park is being jointly set up by Raasi Green Earth Energy (RGEE), and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), on around 600 acre of land with an estimated cost of Rs 920 crore. The park will generate 70 MW of solar power by January 2014, and reach its full capacity of 100 MW in April 2014.
Meanwhile, the state government has proposed to set up a 1,600 MW thermal power plant at Uppur with an investment of Rs 10,000 crore and another 4,000 MW plant in Kadaladi block with an investment of Rs 20,000 crore.
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