Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Project, one of the world’s largest solar projects, on Friday, July 10 at 11 am. Solar power production has started at full capacity in this 750 MW project costing about Rs 4,000 crores. The project will be launched through video conferencing.
Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will join the video conference from Lucknow and Bhopal respectively. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Energy, New and Renewable Energy RK Singh will also take part in the programme.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had laid the foundation stone of the project on December 22, 2017. The project was completed in a record time of about two and a half years. The project is generating cheap electricity which is saving a huge amount. The World Bank loan to this project has been given at cheaper rates under Clean Technology Fund without the guarantee of the state government.
This project is also important because it has a purchase rate of Rs 2.97 paise per unit, which is the lowest rate till date. From the environmental point of view, emission of 15.7 lakh tonnes of Carbon Dioxide is being prevented every year from the Rewa Solar project, which is equivalent to planting 2.60 crore trees.
The massive solar power plant project set up at Gurh, Rewa is set up over ??1590 hectare area. It is one of the largest single side solar plants in the world. This solar power plant has a total of three units. Each unit is producing 250 MT of electricity. Seventy-six percent of the power generated from the project is being provided to the state’s Power Management Company and 24 percent to Delhi Metro.
All arrangements for the dedication programme have been ensured at the project site, Gurh Rewa. Members of Parliament Janardan Mishra, Rajmani Patel, MLA Shri Rajendra Shukla, Nagendra Singh, Divyaraj Singh, K.P. Tripathi, Shyamlal Dwivedi, Shri Pradeep Patel, Girish Gautam and Panchulal Prajapati will be present at the programme venue. The programme will be live on Facebook along with regional news channels besides web-links, so that maximum number of people can join.
