Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 750 MW Solar Project, considered to be largest in Asia, set up at Rewa, Madhya Pradesh on Friday. The inauguration ceremony took place through video-conferencing.

“With this solar plant at Rewa, the industries here will not only get electricity, but even the metro rail in Delhi will get its benefits. Apart from Rewa, work is underway on solar power plants in Shajapur, Neemuch and Chhatarpur”, PM Modi said at the inauguration ceremony.

“Not just for the present, solar energy will be a medium of energy needs of the 21st century because solar power is sure, pure and secure”, PM Modi added, saying that the biggest beneficiaries of this solar power project would be the poor, middle-class families, farmers, and tribals of the State.

The project exemplifies IndiaRs 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). The Solar Park was developed by 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 development of the Park.The Rewa Solar Project was the first solar project in the country to break the grid parity barrier.

This project will reduce carbon emission equivalent to approx. 15 lakh ton of CO2 per year.

The project has also received World Bank Group President’s Award for innovation and excellence and was included in the Prime MinisterRs s “A Book of Innovation: New Beginnings”.

“The project is also the first renewable energy project to supply to an institutional customer outside the State, i.e. Delhi Metro, which will get 24 per cent of energy from the project with remaining 76 per cent being supplied to the State DISCOMs of Madhya Pradesh”, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

Modi said that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken effective measures to control corona in Madhya Pradesh. He said that with a few efforts, we can easily defeat the dreaded disease like corona by wearing masks, maintaining two yards distance, washing hands with soap for 20 seconds and not spitting everywhere. Rules must be adhered to and there should be no lack of discipline.

Inspired by the Prime Minister, Madhya Pradesh is moving aheadChief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Prime Minister Modi is a “Man of Ideas” and inspired by him and his vision, Madhya Pradesh is progressing in every field. When Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, he knew that solar energy is the future energy and had started effective work in this field. For this, we created a new department in Madhya Pradesh in the year 2010. Asia’s largest solar unit was launched in Neemuch by Prime Minister Shri Modi. The work of Rewa Solar Plant was started in the year 2017 inspired by the Prime Minister in the presence of Energy Minister RK Singh. “I heartily welcome and greet the Prime Minister on behalf of 7.5 crore people of the State.”