The West Bengal government is the process of comissioning floating solar power plants by next year, state Minister for Power and Non-renewable Energy Sobhandev Chattterjee said.
The two plants would come up at Sagardighi and Mukutmanipur with generating capacities of five MW and 100 MW respectively.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a seminar organised by MCCI and WBSEB Officers Assoctaion here on Saturday, Chatterjee said detailed project report (DPR) of the projects has been already prepared.
Cost for constructing the Sagardighi plant would be Rs five crore, he said adding that the cost of installation reduces with the increase in generating capacity.
Chatterjee said that in the last seven years, industrial demand had increased 27.22 per cent.