NLC sets up first 10 MW solar power plant at Neyveli

Chennai: Under its ambitious plan to explore renewable energy sources, public sector Neyveli Lignite Corporation has set up its first 10 MW solar power plant at Neyveli. The 10 MW solar photo voltaic project at Neyveli, set up at a cost of Rs 74.60 crore, is the first renewable energy project commissioned by Neyveli Lignite Corporation, a company statement said.

Neyveli Lignite Corporation chairman and managing director B. Surender Mohan formally inaugurated the project at a function on Monday, it said. The plant spread across 54 acres, has 48,000 solar photo voltaic modules, each with power generating capacity of 240 watt. Power generated from this factory would be evacuated through 33 KV power station and fed into the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, the sole beneficiary.

On the status of other projects taken up by the company, the release said NLC was setting up a 51 MW wind power plant at Kazhuneerkulam village in Tirunelveli district. Among the 34 units of 1.5 MW capacity each, nine wind mills have already been comissioned. Tangedco will be the sole beneficiary from the project, it said.