With declaration of the commercial operation of the last 20 megawatt capacity part of the NTPC-Ramagundam floating solar power plant at zero hours on Friday, the country’s largest (100 MW) floating solar power plant, till date, has become fully operational.
Regional Executive Director (South) of NTPC Naresh Anand has congratulated the NTPC-Ramagundam team on achieving the milestone and reiterated NTPC’s commitment for renewable energy. He stated that NTPC Southern Region was augmenting the renewable energy capacity with the addition of the last leg of the 100 MW floating solar plant at Ramagundam.
With the full capacity operation of the 100-MW solar PV project at Ramagundam, the total commercial operation of floating solar capacity in Southern Region has gone up to 217 MW. The NTPC Southern Region had already declared commercial operation of 92 MW floating solar at Kayamkulam (Kerala) and 25 MW floating solar at Simhadri (Andhra Pradesh), Mr. Anand explained.
