NTPC Southern Region, which is in the process of setting up around 450 MW of solar power capacity, is all set to commission around 217 MW floating solar capacity, including one of the largest floating solar power plants of 100 MW at Ramagundam by May 2021.
These floating solar power projects are coming up at Ramagundam power project of 100 MW, which will be a single location largest floating solar plant in the country as of now; 92 MW floating unit at Kayamkulam gas plant in Kerala and 25 MW unit at Simhadri power plant.
Moreover, the company is setting up 230 MW ground mounted solar power plant in Ettayapuram near Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu by 2022. The company would have already implemented these floating solar projects, however it got delayed due to COVID-19 lockdown.
The floating solar PV project at NTPC Ramagundam will be spread over 450 acre water surface area in the reservoir. The project will see an investment of Rs 430 crore.
Apart from this, the company which has total installed capacity of about 9,125 MW of NTPC’s total capacity of 64,880 MW including JVs, is in the process of implementing two x 800 MW coal-fired thermal power project at Ramgundam in Telangana.
Phase-I of 800 MW will be commissioned by January 2022 and Phase-II of 800 MW by March 2022.
The company had successfully completed pilot projects at Kayamkulam of 100 kWh and Kawas of one MW and are now implementing large projects.