India’s giant floating Solar plant commissioned at STPP

Hyderabad: Hyderabad based Novus Green Energy Systems Ltd, on Saturday announced the successful installation and synchronization of India’s largest floating solar plant with transparent glass to glass modules at the Singareni Thermal Power Plant (STPP) Jaipur, Mancherial District of Telangana.
The plant total capacity was 15 MW (AC) / 19.5 MW (DC), and phase 1, which has been commissioned, has a capacity of 5 MW(AC)/6.5MW(DC), the company said in a release here.
The plant uses transparent glass-to-glass solar modules, which are more efficient than traditional solar modules, and is the first of its kind to be manufactured and used at this scale in India.
The project was floated by state- owned Singareni Colleries Ltd which has always been a pioneer in adopting solar across all their utility establishments in Telangana and was awarded to Novus Green Energy Systems & Ilios Power consortium through e-bidding process.
The solar panels used in the plant have been manufactured in India as part of the government’s “Make in India” initiative by Novus Green. Company’s Managing Director Mr Anshuman Yenigalla, stated that it is a double windfall as end-to-end manufacturing and execution have been done by Novus Green through their inhouse teams and manufacturing facility. The project is certified to global standards including all the components used .
The company is grateful for the support provided by the Indian Renewable Development Agency (IREDA) for believing in and financing such a first of its kind project., he said.