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PM Modi inaugurated Asia’s largest solar plant.

With Solar plant at Rewa the industries here will not only get electricity, but even the metro rail in Delhi will get its benefits.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the 750 MW (megawatt) 
solar project set up at Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa via video-conferencing. The project comprises three solar generating units — 250 MW each — located on a 500-hectare plot inside a solar park.

The Solar Park is a Joint Venture Company between the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL), a Joint Venture Company of Madhya Pradesh UrjaVikas Nigam Limited (MPUVN), and Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a Central Public Sector Undertaking. Central Financial Assistance of Rs. 138 crore has been provided to RUMSL for the development of the Park.

With Solar plant at Rewa the industries here will not only get electricity, but even the metro rail in Delhi will get its benefits. The project exemplifies India’s commitment to attain the target of 175 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2022.

The Project comprises of three solar generating units of 250 MW each located on a 500-hectare plot of land situated inside a solar park (total area 1500 hectare).

Apart from Rewa, work is underway on Solar Power Plant in Shajapur, Neemuch and chhatarpur, Modi said dedicating the 750 M solar project to the nation.

The Rewa Solar Project is the first in India to break the grid parity barrier. It is expected to reduce carbon emission equivalent to 15 lakh ton of CO2 per year. World Bank Group President has also awarded the project for innovation and excellence and was included in the Prime Minister’s “A Book of Innovation: New Beginnings”.

PM Modi said that solar energy will be a medium of energy needs of the 21st century because solar power is pure and secure. 

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