Private players keen on setting up solar power plants in Madhya Pradesh: Official.

With Madhya Pradesh emerging as a solar power hub, private developers including Tata Power are keen on setting up such projects in the state, a senior state government official said recently.

Madhya Pradesh currently has an operational capacity of 356 MW of solar power from 114 projects and expects to reach 700 MW this fiscal.

'Various public and private sector firms are coming forward to set up solar projects in the state. Tata Power is also planning to set up around 240 MW solar project ,' Madhya Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary for New and Renewable Energy SR Mohanty told reporters on the sidelines of Intersolar India summit.

Currently, 36 projects with a total capacity of 696 MW are under various stages of implementation and out of these, seven are under the Centre's National Solar Mission, he said.

Meanwhile, Tata Power has roped in the US-based solar power solutions provider SunEdison for implementing the project.


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