World’s largest Solar Power Plant to come up in Rajasthan

Six Public Sector Units (PSUs) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will lead towards setting up of the World’s largest 4000 MW ultra solar power project in Rajasthan.

PSU	Percentage contribution towards project	Role
BHEL	26	Equipment supply
SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India)	23	Sale of electricity
SSL (Sambhar Salt Ltd)	16
Power Grid	16	Power evacuation infrastructure
SJVNL (Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam)	16	Project management
REIL (Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd)	3	Operation and maintenance

The project will be the largest single location solar plant and will be on 19000 acres at Sambhar in Rajasthan. The project will be developed in two phases in 7 to 8 years.

In the first phase of the project 1000 MW will be made operational within three years and the remaining 3000 MW will be covered in the next subsequent phases. The First phase will require an investment of 7500 crore rupees. The department of heavy industry will set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the investment.

The solar photo-voltaic power plant will use PV modules based on crystalline silicon technology.

The plant life is estimated to be 25 years and is expected to supply 6400 million units of energy per year. The plant will help to reduce CO₂ emissions by over 4 million tonnes per year.

The table below shows a list of largest solar power plants in the world-

Solar Thermal Power Plants
Name	Location	Capacity (in MW)
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System	USA	370
Solnova Solar Power Station	Spain	250
Andasol Solar Power Station	Spain	150
Shams 1	UAE	100
Extresol Solar Power Station	Spain	100
Palma del Río Solar Power Station	Spain	100
Manchasol Solar Power Station	Spain	100
Valle Solar Power Station	Spain	100
Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center	USA	75
Nevada Solar One	USA	64

 

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plants
Name	Location	Capacity (in MW)
Gujarat Solar Park	India	600
Agua Caliente	USA	250
Charanka Solar Park	China	214
Golmud Solar Park	China	200
Meuro Solar Park	Germany	166
Mesquite Solar I	USA	150
Neuhardenberg Airport Solar Park	Germany	145
Campo Verde Solar Project	USA	139
Templin Solar Park	Germany	128
Centrale solaire de Toul-Rosières	France	115
California Valley Solar Ranch	USA	108
Perovo Solar Park	Ukraine	100
Sarnia Photovoltaic Power Plant	Canada	97
Eberswalde/Finow / Schorfheide	Germany	84.5
Montalto di Castro Photovoltaic Power Station	Italy	84.2
Finsterwalde Solar Park	Germany	80.7
Ohotnikovo Solar Park	Ukraine	80
Solarpark Senftenberg	Germany	78
Lieberose Photovoltaic Park	Germany	71.8
Rovigo Photovoltaic Power Plant	Italy	70
Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park	Spain	60
Strasskirchen Solar Photovoltaic Park	Germany	54
Puertollano Photovoltaic Park	Spain	50

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