Reports indicate that due to frequent cable thefts at Pragathi Solar Plant, the management installed two electric fences to deter such incidents. On Tuesday night, two men allegedly attempted to breach the plant by cutting through the electric fences.
Meanwhile, Singareni has sought permission from the Telangana government to set up a 500 MW solar plant at a solar park in Rajasthan at a cost of Rs. 2233.68 crore.
Delivering the keynote address at Solar Trailblazers conference and awards, Ranjan Pandu talked about the NTPC Ramagundam 100 (MW) floating Solar Plant.
The company had taken up the construction of 300 megawatt solar plants in the first phase, out of which 224 megawatts including 5 megawatt floating solar plants have been completed
According to Redco chairman Y Satish Reddy, the Suryapet collectorate complex solar power unit would generate 1.44 lakh units of power and save about Rs.11.23 lakh on the power bill annually.
The Board of Directors of SCCL has approved the detailed project report (DPR) of the 800 megawatt supercritical thermal power generation unit in April last year