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Ladakh solar energy project not rising
Ladakh. The mega-size solar energy projects planned at Ladakh, Leh and Kargil might be aborted, due to lack of takers from beneficiary states and no grid infrastructure to handle this capacity.
In 2014, the central government signed an agreement with the Jammu & Kashmir government for about 7,500 Mw of solar power — 5,000 Mw in Ladakh and the rest in Kargil. The 5,000 Mw in Ladakh was included in the list of the solar ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) planned by the successor government which came to power the same year.
However, an inter-department tussle and lack of clarity on evacuation have not only delayed the project but also put a question mark on its viability. Senior executives in the central and state governments said transmission availability is a major issue and no investor, including the Centre’s Power Grid Corporation (PGCIL), would put up a transmission project.
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