Orissa to Set up 1000MW Solar Power Park
The Orissa government plans to add aggregate clean energy capacity of 1,000 MW by establishing solar parks in the state by 2020. The target, fixed by the state government in its draft Orissa Solar Park Policy, 2014, primarily aims at facilitating accelerated deployment of solar energy in the state to support sustainable development and address the climate change issues.
The state government had set an ambitious target of adding 3,000 Mw of renewable energy capacity by 2022 in the draft policy. The park has been approved by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy which will likely involve investment of about Rs 6,500 crores.
A total of 5000 acres of land would be required for setting up of the solar park. Since it’s difficult to find this stretch of land in Orissa, the park would be developed in three to four Green Energy Development Corporation of Orissa Ltd (Gedcol) will be signing a pact with Solar Energy Corporation of India clusters, where Gedcol will act as the nodal agency.
The above update has been taken from Business Standard’s article published on 17th October, 2015 which can be accessed here.