The project has been set up by the energy conglomerate National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in the reservoir of its thermal power plant at Ramagundam, Peddapalli district.

April 4, 2021

India’s biggest floating solar power plant with a capacity of 100 megawatt is expected to become operational in Telangana next month. The solar photo-voltaic project, spread over 450 acres, will have 4.5 lakh photovoltaic panels and it can be expanded in the future.

The project has been set up at a cost of Rs 423 crore. The Maharatna company plans to set up solar projects across all thermal power plants in the country.

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The NTPC plans solar power plants of the total capacity of 450 MW in the southern region. Of this, 217 MW plants would be floating on water bodies.