The 1,590-acre Ultra Mega Solar Park in Rewa’s Gurh tehsil is among the largest single-site solar power plant in the world. And this will essentially help DMRC not only reduce its dependence on coal but also save Rs. 793 crores on its energy bill over the next 25 years. The park, with an installed capacity of 750 megawatts, has been made possible with support from the World Bank and Clean Technology Fund through an US$ 18 million funding as part of a Shared Infrastructure for Solar Parks Project.
The Rewa project is also India’s first solar project to conduct an inter-state sale of electricity with its power purchase agreement accepted by the Union government as a standard model to help achieve the lowest electricity tariff rates through competitive bidding.
60% of Delhi Metro is now powered by solar energy from Madhya Pradesh. More than half of Delhi Metro now runs on solar power coming all the way from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh. This means that 290 trains across 373 kilometers serving 2.6 million passengers in a single day are now green.
One of the key innovations that stand out in this project is how a modern and transparent electronic competitive bidding process that went on for 33 hours achieved first-year tariffs of, as low as, Rs. 2.97 per unit.
The model of the Rewa Solar Power Project has been included in Prime Minister’s Book of Innovation 2017 and awarded World Bank Group’s President award for Innovation and Excellence.
Replication: The Shajapur Solar Park will have 500 MW capacity, whereas Agar and Neemuch Solar Parks will have 550 and 450 MW capacity.
Top 10 largest solar power plants in the world https://bit.ly/2ZgV1kf The biggest solar parks now have about 2 GW of generating capacity and are expanding towards 5 GW. The two largest solar plants in the world are in China. There is one under construction in Abu Dhabi, UAE will be even bigger. Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, India is likely to be at number 3 spot in Asia and the world.
Note: The article and data refer to solar plants and not solar parks. Latter could be much bigger.
