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06 Sep 2016
Staterun mining major Coal India will develop solar power plants of 600 MW
capacity in four states, including West Bengal and Maharashtra, under the second phase of
its plan to set up a total 1,000 MW green energy plants.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has already floated tenders for development
of solar capacity in the second phase.
Coal India has signed an agreement with SECI for setting up of solar power plants of total
1000 MW capacity in different parts of the country.
"In the first phase, CIL is going to set up 2x100 MW solar power plants in the state of
Madhya Pradesh. In the second phase CIL is going to develop a capacity of 600 MW in the
solar parks of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Maharashtra for which NIT
has already been floated by SECI," the coal major said in its annual report.
To promote green initiatives of the government, CIL has submitted Green Energy Commitment
letter to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for developing 1000 MW solar power
projects during 201419, it said.
CIL's initiatives has resulted in installation of 2.0 MW capacity, 0.19 MW capacity, and 0.14
MW solar PV power plants in MCL (Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd) a CIL arm, Burla, CMPDIL, Ranchi and CIL HQ at Kolkata respectively, it
added.
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