Coal India signs MoU with Rajasthan to set up 1,190 MW solar power plant

The Rajasthan government has allotted 4,846 hectares of land to the solar park to which RVUNL will connect its 810 MW solar power project and the remaining 1,190 will be set up by CIL.

RVNUL CMD RK Sharma and Coal India Limited Technical Director V Reddy signed the MoU in the presence of Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

The MoU came amid the state’s continued effort to add more and more renewable sources of energy. Rajasthan Rajasthan It is also credited with the world’s largest solar plant with a capacity of 2,245 MW at Bhadla in the state’s Jodhpur district.

In March this year also, Rajasthan announced the development of two new 1800 MW solar parks in Jaisalmer and Bikaner districts of the state.

RNVUL was the developing agency for the 800 MW project in Jaisalmer, while the 1,000 MW solar power project in Bikaner will be developed by the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation in the first phase.

Personal solar project Developer Rays Experts also announced in May this year that they will develop the world’s largest solar park in Rajasthan with a capacity of 3000 MW.

The location of this 9000-acre project was reported to be in Bikaner district of the state. A company statement said it has signed the necessary transmission agreements and obtained all approvals for the same.

It is the first and only 100 percent privately owned ultra mega solar park in the country which is connected to the central transmission system, the statement said.

There are many open spaces in Rajasthan which can be used to generate solar energy. Due to the extreme heat of the desert, some land has become barren and cannot be cultivated, but it can be used to generate solar energy.

Also, the state is sparsely populated, as compared to the rest of the country. Solar power plants in sparsely populated areas enable clean energy to reach isolated communities that do not have access to electricity.