REWA ULTRA MEGA SOLAR PARK
Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Park is India’s one of the largest solar parks. The solar park is an area which is developed for solar power generation projects. The Rewa photovoltaic solar park spreads over an area of 6.4 km2 i.e 1,590 acres it makes it one of the largest single-site solar farm in Asia. The solar farm has a capacity of 750 Mega Watts i.e the park comprises three power generating units of 250 MW each. The project will reduce 15 lakhs tonnes of carbon dioxide emission per year. It is the country’s first project to supply power to interstate open access. The power generated by this solar park will be utilized by the railway’s one of its first kind of initiatives. The country’s first project that broke the grid parity barrier and a winner of the World Bank’s President’s Award for its innovation and excellence. This project has a place in the Prime Minister’s book- A Book Of Innovation: New Beginnings.
THE SOLAR PARKS IN INDIA
STATE | DISTRICT | CAPACITY IN MEGAWATT (MW) |
ANDHRA PRADESH | KADAPA | 1500 |
ANDHRA PRADESH | KURNOOL | 1000 |
ANDHRA PRADESH | KADAPA | 1000 |
ANDHRA PRADESH | ANATHAPURAMU | 500 |
ARUNACHAL PRADESH | LOHIT | 100 |
ASSAM | SIBSAGAR | 69 |
CHHATTISGARH | RAJNANDGAON, JANJGIR-CHAMPA | 500 |
GUJARAT | BANASKANTHA | 700 |
HARYANA | HISAR, BHIWANI, MAHENDRAGARH | 500 |
HIMACHAL PRADESH | LAHAUL, SPITI | 1000 |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR | SAMBA | 100 |
KARNATAKA | TUMKUR | 2000 |
KERALA | KASARGODE | 200 |
MADHYA PRADESH | REWA | 750 |
MADHYA PRADESH | NEEMUCH, MANDSAUR | 500 |
MADHYA PRADESH | AGAR, SHAJAPUR | 500 |
MADHYA PRADESH | CHHATTARPUR | 500 |
MADHYA PRADESH | RAJGARH AND MORENA | 500 |
MAHARASHTRA | DHULE | 500 |
MAHARASHTRA | DHULE | 500 |
MAHARASHTRA | BEED | 500 |
MEGHALAYA | WEST JAINTIA, EAST JANITIA HILLS | 20 |
NAGALAND | DIMAPUR, KOHIMA, NEW PEREN | 60 |
ODISHA | BALASORE, DEOGARH, BOUDH, ANGUL, KALAHANDHI, KEONJHAR | 1000 |
RAJASTHAN | JODHPUR | 680 |
RAJASTHAN | JODHPUR | 1000 |
RAJASTHAN | JODHPUR, JAISALMER | 750 |
RAJASTHAN | JODHPUR | 500 |
RAJASTHAN | JAISALMER | 421 |
TELANGANA | MAHABUB NAGAR | 500 |
UTTAR PRADESH | PRAYAGRAJ, JALAUN, MIRZAPUR, KANPUR DEHAT | 600 |
UTTARAKHAND | UDHAM SINGH NAGAR | 50 |
WEST BENGAL | BANKURA, EAST, WEST MEDINIPUR | 500 |
TAMIL NADU | RAMANATHAPURAM(LIKELY TO BE REVISED) | 500 |