Three Union Ministries namely Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises (MHI&PE) and Ministry of Power (MoP) have joined hands to launch the world’s largest 4,000 MW Ultra Mega Solar Power Project in Rajasthan.
Six PSUs under these Ministries, namely Bharat Heavy Industries limited (BHEl), Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIl); Sambhar Salt limited (SSl); Rajasthan Electronics & Instrumentation ltd. (REIl), Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI); and SJVN limited, have signed an MoU to develop and operate this 4,000 MW Ultra Mega Solar Project in Sambhar area of Rajasthan. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam limited (SJVN) is one of the six joint venture partners having 16 per cent equity participation in the proposed mega project.
CMDs of these six PSUs were the joint signatories of this historic MoU signed at New Delhi on Wednesday. On the path of expansion and diversification, SJVN has already entered the field of Wind Energy with the development of 47.6 MW Khirvire Wind Power Project in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. 25 Wind Power turbines of the capacity of 850 KW each of this project have already commenced power generation.
SJVN’s 412 MW Rampur HE Project limited in Himachal Pradesh is also ready to commence generation during the current financial year. located on river Satluj the Rampur Project is a 2nd stage development of upstream 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station. The project, having six vertical axis francis turbines of 68.67 MW each, will operate in tandem with the Company’s flagship Nathpa Jhakri Power Station.