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Two solar power plants with a total capacity of 50 MW will be installed in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI).
The joint energy department for new energy and renewable energy will provide a 40% subsidy for the project's capital costs.
The department has developed an action plan for ANI as part of its green initiative to phase out the use of diesel generator sets and assign this task to the NLC.
Lt Governor A. K. Singh of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the presence of members of the ANI, Bishnu pada Lei and the president of the NLC, for the presence of South Andamancum-
General manager Sarat Kumar Acharya on Monday.
The company will install a 30 MW solar power plant in northern Andaman.
The company and the joint territory had earlier signed a memorandum of understanding on the installation of the two plants.
The government of ANI has identified the land required for the project.
The company will install 20 mw solar energy with sufficient battery capacity and energy storage system to meet the power demand at the peak of demand in the day and night in South Andaman.
The plant will greatly reduce the consumption of diesel power generation, thus reducing environmental pollution.
In addition, the power generation cost will be lower compared with the current diesel
Achalia said that the power generation base of Andaman.
Achalia said the NLC will install a 30 MW solar power plant in Kishorie Nagar, North Andaman.
The plant will be connected to the Kalpen hydropower station.
"This is the first solar plant of its kind in India, where part of the solar energy generated by the project will be used to pump water from the lower reservoir to the upper reservoir in the daytime to ensure the continuous operation of the hydropower plant throughout the year, Acharya said.
NLC proposes to work with state governments to install solar power plants with a total capacity of 4000 MW across the country, including Tamil Nadu.
The company commissioned its first 10 mw solar power generation project for £ 74.
Last September crore in the town of Neyveli.
The company has identified the land in the town of Neyveli to commission a 130 MW solar project and decided to establish a 25 MW solar project at a cost of Rs 167.
29 crore of Barsingsar, Rajasthan.
The coalition government has set a National Solar Mission with the goal of producing 1 MW of solar energy by 2022.
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