SEAnews 2015-10-27 ArtNo.45523

【Bhubaneswar】Odisha has unveiled an ambitious plan to set up a 1,000-Mw solar park.
　"The identification of land for the project is underway. For setting up such a park, about 5,000 acres are required. Since it is an uphill task to get a contiguous patch of 5,000 acres in Odisha, the park might be developed in clusters," said a government official in the know of the matter. The park, to be developed on a public-private partnership mode, has been formally approved by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. It was likely to involve an investment of about Rs 6,500 crore, the official said.

○Government seeks views on new guidelines for solar projects

【New Delhi】Government has sought views of developers and other stakeholders on the proposed amendment to the guidelines for setting up of over 2,000 MW grid-connected solar power projects with viability gap funding (VGF).
　These projects are being set up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). "Feedback from SPDs (solar power developers) and other stakeholders are invited on the proposed (amendments in the guidelines for implementation of) a scheme for setting up of over 2,000 MW grid-connected solar PV power projects with VGF under Batch-III of Phase II of the JNNSM," the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said.

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Odisha bets big on solar power, plans to set up 1,000-Mw park

Government seeks views on new guidelines for solar projects

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