In News: Prime Minister dedicated to the nation the 92-MW floating solar power project set up at the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Kayamkulam unit in Kerala.
PM stated that so far, about 170 GW capacity has been installed from non-fossil sources in India.
India is among the top four-five countries in terms of installed solar capacity.
The Kayamkulam plant is the second-largest floating solar power project of the NTPC after the 100-MW plant at Ramagundam in Telangana.
The floating solar system was built on a 450-acre lake area adjacent to the NTPC’s Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle Power Project (RGCCPP).
Implemented at a cost of ₹465 crores, the project consists of around three lakh Made in India solar PV panels floating on water.
