OIL, which till now was engaged in building only small solar power plants for captive use, built and commissioned its first grid-connected 5 MW unit within a span of 118 days. Chairman and Managing Director, S K Srivastava, inaugurated the plant.
The 5 MW solar power plant was set up with polycrystalline technology and the cost of setting it up was Rs 41.49 crore. In all 20,408 solar modules, each having a capacity of 245 watts, have been installed at the site. The overhead transmission line of 11.49 km has been built to enable the feeding of power generated power to the grid.
The company is also mulling to expand this particular unit by another 9 MW. OIL Director (HR and Business Development) N K Bharali said there exists tremendous potential for solar and wind energy projects in Rajasthan and OIL is looking to tap them. He added that the 9 MW solar power plant expansion will be accomplished by 2015.
Source:Energy next
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