The State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) will focus on setting up more floating solar power plants and new pumped-storage power projects to optimally harness green energy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has said.
Speaking after inaugurating the SCCL’s 10.5 MW solar power plant in the coal town of Kothagudem on Sunday, Mr Vikramarka, who is the Minister for Finance and Energy, said the State’s new renewable energy policy will be unveiled soon.
The State suffered immensely due to lack of the renewable energy policy in the last 10 years, he said, adding that the coal mining giant, SCCL, had successfully forayed into solar power generation as part of its ambitious diversification plans.
