BHEL, PowerGrid among 5 PSUs setting up mega solar power project

 

NEW DELHI .  Five central public sector undertakings (CPSUs) intend to set up a solar power project with a total capacity of 4,000 megawatts.

 

 

 

BHEL, PowerGrid Corporation, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, Solar Energy Corporation, and Hindustan Salts will set up the project on land belonging to Hindustan Salt at Sambhar in Rajasthan.

 

 

 

The operation and management contract for this project, to be commissioned in three years, is to be awarded to another CPSU, Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments.

 

 

 

“The effort is to set up 1,000 mw capacity initially with an investment of Rs 7,500 crore. Then additional capacity of 3,000 MW will be developed in six phases of 500 MW each,” a person familiar with the development told Business Line, adding that the modalities were being worked out.  Indianpowersector.com