Bitta Solar Power Plant

Solar power plant located in Bitta village, Gujarat.
  • Adani Power
Solar farm TypeFlat-panel PVSite area350 acres (0.5 sq mi)Power generation Units operational400,000 100 and 95 watt Amorphous Silicon thin filmNameplate capacity40 MW
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Bitta Solar Power Plant is a 40-megawatt solar power plant located in Bitta village, Gujarat, in west India. When it was commissioned in early January 2012, it was India's largest photovoltaic power plant.

Features

The power plant is spread over an area of 350 acres (141.6 ha). The over 400,000 panels are of amorphous silicon thin-film photovoltaic technology. Each panel is rated 100 or 95 Wp.[1] Cost was approximately Rs 400 crore.[2]

Commissioning

The power plant was commissioned on 5 January 2012, and was completed in 150 days. Adani expects to expand the power plant to 100 MW in the future.[3]

Production

Month MWh kWh/kW/day
December 1,295.028
2011 1,295.028
January 4,607.640
February 5,687.388 5.078
March 6,657.102 5.369
April 6,605.460 5.505
2012 23,557.59
Total 24,852.618

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See also

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  • iconRenewable energy portal

References

  1. ^ PDD
  2. ^ "Adani commissions Rs 400 cr 40 mw solar unit in Gujarat". Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  3. ^ Adani Group commissions country's largest solar project
  4. ^ "Energy Account" Archived 2012-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, sldcguj.com.

40 megawatts (53,600 hp)