Resource detail

With states like Madhya Pradesh making rapid strides in solar energy generation, more than four ultra-mega solar power plants can come up in the India, according to Mr Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, GOI. Each of these plants will have capacity of 4,000 MW, and are being implemented under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. He said that the first ultra-mega solar plant would come up near Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan, followed by the second one in Gujarat. Two more such plants would come up at Kargil and Ladhak with a capacity of 2,000 MW and 5,000 MW, respectively.