Commercial operation of the 42.5 megawatt capacity of the 100 MW floating solar PV project coming up at NTPC Ramagundam has commenced at 00.00 hours on Thursday taking the total capacity operating commercially so far to 80 MW.
The entire 100 MW capacity established in the reservoir waters of the public sector energy company would become commercially operational over the next few months. Of the capacity operational now, 17.5 MW went commercial on October 28 last year and another 20 MW on December 22 last year.
Regional Executive Director of NTPC (South) Naresh Anand complimented Team Ramagundam and reiterated NTPC’s commitment to renewable energy. As part of achieving NTPC’s target of 60 GW of RE capacity by 2032, Southern Region was making concerted efforts. Besides Ramagundam, NTPC-Simhadri (Andhra Pradesh) had already installed 25 MW floating solar power panels, while work was in full swing at NTPC-Kayamkulam (Kerala) on installation of 92 MW floating solar power generation unit, he stated.
