#ViralVideo: Visakhapatnam gets another floating solar power project on Meghadrigedda
23 Jul 2022 12:24:05
Visakhapatnam, July 23: Weeks after India's largest floating solar power project became fully functional in Telangana's Ramagundam, another major floating solar power plant was commissioned by the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) on the Meghadri Gedda reservoir in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
Speaking on the same, Commissioner of the city's civic body, G Lakshmisha told private media house that the plant, which has been constructed on an area of 12 acres, can produce at least 4.2 million units of power every year. He further added that it is helping to save 54,000 tonnes of coal annually and reduce emissions by 3,022 tonnes per year.
It should be noted that he Asian Development Bank has granted ₹14 crore ‘urban climate change resilience trust fund’ for this floating solar initiative under the ‘Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial corridor development programme’.
An aerial view of the power plant has been going viral on social media. It demonstrates the marvellous construction spread over the reservoir. The visuals of the drone were shared by GVMC, Visakhapatnam. Notably, this is the second floating solar plant by the GVMC. Earlier, another plant was developed on the Mudasarlova reservoir.
Earlier this month, India's largest floating solar power project was made fully operational after NTPC declared commercial operation of the final part capacity of 20 MW out of 100 MW Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project at Ramagundam in Telangana.
With the operationalisation of the 100-MW Solar PV Project at Ramagundam, the total commercial operation of floating solar capacity in the Southern Region rose to 217 MW.
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