Union Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh inaugurated five MW solar power projects by Bharat Dynamics (BDL) in Hyderabad, Telangana, on 5 August 2019.

The solar project, executed by Vikram Solar, is expected to generate 79,00,000 units of energy annually and will be used for captive consumption by BDL at their Kanchanbag unit.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) was consultant for the project. The solar power plant was perceived under ‘300 MW Ministry of Defence Scheme’ with viability gap funding. The five MW plant project has 20,928 nos of 265 WP and 270 WP modules powering the whole unit.