NTPC is setting up a 5 MW photovoltaic (PV) power generation unit close to Port Blair airport in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The company will invest Rs 57 crore for the solar PV plant. Photon Energy has been chosen to implement the project. Work on the solar power project will commence in February 2012.
In India, NTPC is setting up a 25 MW solar PV power plant at Ramagundam in Andhra Pradesh. Of this, 5 MW solar based power unit work will be taken up immediately. While in Karnataka, the company is setting up 2x50 MW power plants. In Kerala, too, wind farms are being set up at Idukki and Palakkad. At Idukki, a feasibility report for 20 MW has been approved.