UP’s biggest solar power plant inaugurated

VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday inaugurated a 75 MW solar power plant, the biggest in Uttar Pradesh, at Dadar Kala village in Mirzapur district. The plant has been built at a cost of around Rs 650 crore by French firm ENGIE. It will generate 15.6 crore units of electricity annually, about 1.30 crore units per month.

VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday inaugurated a 75 MW solar power plant, the biggest in Uttar Pradesh, at Dadar Kala village in Mirzapur district.

Earlier, PM Narendra Modi and UP governor Ram Naik and chief minister Yogi Adityanath received Macron and his wife Brigitte at Lal Bahadur Shastri international airport in Varanasi.

In Mirzapur, Modi and Macron pressed a button to energise the solar panels and dedicate the solar power plant to the people.

Tushar Malik, project manager of French company Engie which has set up the facility, said over phone that the solar power plant had been set up with an estimated cost of Rs 650 crore.

“This is the biggest solar power plant in UP. It will generate 75 MW alternating current (AC) and 101 megawatt direct current (DC). The plant will benefit around 1 lakh families in the region,” he said.

Officials at the plant said about 1,18,600 solar panels had been set up in over 380-acre area. “Power will be transmitted to Jigna sub-station of Mirzapur range of UP Power Corporation Ltd,” they said.

TUSHAR MALIK, PROJECT MANAGER OF FRENCH COMPANY ENGIE WHICH HAS SET UP THE FACILITY, SAID OVER PHONE THAT THE SOLAR PLANT HAD BEEN SET UP WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF RS 650 CRORE.