Bitta Solar Power Plant | |
Coordinates: | 23.2628°N 69.0242°W |
Country: | India |
Location: | Bitta, Kutch |
Status: | O |
Commissioned: | 5 January 2012 |
Owner: | Adani Power |
Solar Type: | PV |
Ps Units Operational: | 400,000 100 and 95 watt Amorphous Silicon thin film |
Ps Site Area: | 3501NaN1 |
Ps Electrical Capacity: | 40 MW |
Bitta Solar Power Plant is a 40-megawatt solar power plant located in Bitta village, Gujarat, in west India. When it was commissioned in early January 2012, it was India's largest photovoltaic power plant.
The power plant is spread over an area of 350acres. The over 400,000 panels are of amorphous silicon thin-film photovoltaic technology. Each panel is rated 100 or 95 Wp.[1] Cost was approximately Rs 400 crore.[2]
The power plant was commissioned on 5 January 2012, and was completed in 150 days. Adani expects to expand the power plant to 100 MW in the future.[3]
Month | MWh | kWh/kW/day |
---|---|---|
December | 1,295.028 | |
2011 | 1,295.028 | |
January | 4,607.640 | |
February | 5,687.388 | 5.078 |
March | 6,657.102 | 5.369 |
April | 6,605.460 | 5.505 |
2012 | 23,557.59 | |
Total | 24,852.618 |
40MW