Madhya Pradesh I | |
Coordinates: | 23.2272°N 76.2153°W |
Country: | India |
Location: | Surajpur Village, Shajapur District, Madhya Pradesh |
Status: | under construction |
Commissioned: | expteced for Q3, 2023 |
Owner: | Talettutayi Solar Projects Nine Private Limited[1] |
Solar Collectors Area: | 640 acres |
Ps Electrical Capacity: | 200 MWDC |
The Madhya Pradesh I solar park near Surajpur Village in the Shajapur district of Madhya Pradesh is a 200 megawatt (MWDC) photovoltaic power station, which is under construction. It was formerly known as solar park Northwest India I.
It covers an area of 640acres and supplies about 256.000 people with energy. It is under construction as a fixed tilt mounting structure, using mono PERC solar PV technology. The power plant will be connected to a 400 kV PGCIL Pachora substation. The produced electricity will be taken by 1. M.P. Power Management Company Limited[2] (MPPMCL) and Indian Railways (IR).
India has a target of developing 22000abbr=unitNaNabbr=unit of solar power plants and an additional 8000MW is expected in local generation, bringing the total to 30000MW by 2022, which was later increased to 100,000 megawatts.[3]