Daily newspaper Economic Times has reported that state-run thermal energy giant NLC will set up a 1 GW of solar project in the Indian state of Assam in a joint venture with the state government. The PV installation will entail investment of INR 5,000 crore.
The project will come upon government land. The newspaper quoted state chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, as saying that the state government has already allotted 1,254 hectares (5,000 bighas) of land for the solar power project in Dima Hasao.
Assam has an estimated solar power generation potential of 13.76 GWp. The state has taken a big leap towards PV generation with two big solar plants commissioned recently: New Delhi-based Azure Power’s 90 MW solar power project in Assam is now fully operational. Noida-based Jakson Group has commissioned the 70 MW Amguri Solar Park in the state. Both the projects will supply electricity to Assam Power Distribution Co. Ltd. under a 25-year power purchase agreement.
The Assam project adds to the growing renewables portfolio of NLC, which is undertaking wind and solar power projects across India to diversify its revenue base.
This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.
By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment.
Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website. Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so.
You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future, in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately. Otherwise, your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled.
Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy.