Lakshmi Machine Works to open 10Mwsolar power

Coimbatore-based Lakshmi Machine Works has forayed into solar power generation, with its first facility to be inaugurated on Sunday in Tamil Nadu. The 10-Mw photovoltaic solar power generating facility will come up at Kondampatti in Coimbatore district.

“The company has made use of internal accruals to fund the same,” it said in a BSE filing, adding that Spain-headquartered Siemens Gamesa has provided engineering, procurement and construction for the project.

The company said it has windmills with an installed capacity of 36.80 Mw.