Kamuthi Solar Power Project

Coordinates: 9°20′51″N 78°23′32″E / 9.347568°N 78.392162°E / 9.347568; 78.392162

Kamuthi Solar Power Project
Country India
Status Operational
Commission date 13 June 2016
Owner(s) Adani Power
Solar field
Type Flat-panel PV
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 648 MW

Kamuthi Solar Power Project is a solar photovoltaic power generating station at Kamuthi, 90 km from Madurai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.[1] This project has been commissioned by Adani Power.[2]

With a generating capacity of 648 MW at a single location[3] it is billed as the world's largest single location solar project.[4] The project was completed on 21 September 2016[5] with an investment of around ₹ 4,550 crore. The solar plant consists of 2,500,000 solar modules and 27,000 metres of structures. It consist of 576 inverters and 154 transformer and almost 7500 km of cables.[6][7][8]

Panels occupy 1270 acres of land. 30,000 tonnes of galvanised steel were used. About 8500 personnel worked on average installing about 11 MW in a day to set up the plant in stipulated time.

See also

References

  1. ↑ PTI. "ABB links 648 MW solar project at Kamuthi with national grid". Economic Times. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. ↑ PTI (15 March 2015). "Adani plans 1,000MW solar power plant at Ramanathapuram". Times of India. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "ABB connects power to the Indian grid from one of the world's largest solar plants". Abb.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "World's largest solar project starts feeding electricity into national grid". Uniindia.com. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Adani Group launches world's largest solar power plant in Tamil Nadu - Times of India".
  6. ↑ "Adani dedicates to nation world's largest solar power plant in TN : The Hindu Business Line - Mobile edition". M.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Livemint. "CDM: Adani unveils world's largest solar plant in Tamil Nadu".
  8. ↑ The Hindu Business Line. "CDM: Adani dedicates to nation world's largest solar power plant in TN".


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