Vikram Solar commissions 130 Mw solar project for NTPC in Rajasthan

Vikram Solar Pvt Ltd, the domestic Solar EPC player and module manufacturer, has commissioned 130 Mw (2x65 Mw) Solar PV Power Plant for NTPC at Bhadla, Rajasthan.

The project has been developed under the State Specific Bundling Scheme (for bundling with thermal power from NTPC Singrauli Thermal power station) with the grid at Bhadla Solar Park Phase-II, in Bhadla Village, Bap Tehsil, in the Jodhpur District of Rajasthan.

Vikram Solar will further provide operations and maintenance (O&M) service to the plant for a period of five years from the date of commissioning. With the commissioning, Vikram Solar’s commissioned projects portfolio has risen to more than 275 MW.

Gyanesh Chaudhary, managing director and CEO, Vikram Solar Pvt. Ltd., said, “We are happy to commission yet another prestigious renewable power project for our country. The successful commissioning of this project reaffirms our expertise and superior quality standards in the execution of utility-scale power projects.”

Each 65 MW plant, will have a power generation capacity of 106.22 million units and is spread across an area of 321 acres of land each. The power plants are connected to Bhadla 220KV Pooling Station-1 through 1.5 km of 132 kV double circuit transmission line.

Each plant is expected to reduce CO2 emissions to the tune of 99.73 metric tonnes annually.

The commissioning of the 130 MW capacity by Vikram Solar at Bhadla would add to NTPC’s aim to set up 1000 MW of capacity from renewable sources by 2017.