Orissa state grants green signal to eight solar power plants

Eight solar power projects in Orissa have been cleared by the State level Committee, Orissa Government. These power projects will generate 230MW of power in an aggregation, including two solar thermal plants. For the very first time a STC has approved two Solar Thermal power plants which will jointly generate 125 MW of capacity.

The State anticipates a good number of Private Industrialists to show their interests in setting up of power plant units in there.

As per the sources the approvals Solar thermal power plant include ACME Tele-powers that would set up a 100 Mw solar thermal power plant either in Bolangir or in Khurda district and GRD Power Private Ltd  which would set up a 25 Mw solar thermal power plant in Khurda district.

Besides, six solar photo-voltaic power projects with an aggregate generating capacity of 105 Mw were given green signal by the STC. These include DUET Solar Projects Private Ltd that would set up solar power plants in six locations like Nawarangpur, Koraput, Phulbani, Bolangir, Dhenkanal and Sambalpur with a combined generation capacity of 60 Mw, EIO Six Orissa Private Ltd (20 Mw, Bolangir), Cambridge Energy Pvt Ltd (5 Mw, Ganjam), Abacus Holding Private Ltd ( 5 Mw, Nawarangpur), Green O Projects (10 Mw, Khurda) and Green O Lite (5 Mw, Kalahandi).

With this the total envisaged capacity from solar power sector in the state has increased to 294 Mw from 64 Mw earlier. Prior to this, STC approved eleven solar power projects with a combined generation capacity of 64 Mw and those proposal have been sent to the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources (MNRE) for migration to the National Solar Mission launched by the Centre.

Source: Buisness Standard