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Kamuthi Solar Power Project is a photovoltaic power station spread over an area of Template:Convert in Kamuthi, Ramanathapuram district, 90 km from Madurai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.[1] The project was commissioned by Adani Power.[2] With a generating capacity of 648 MWp at a single location, it is the world's 12th largest solar park based on capacity.[3][4]
ABB commissioned five sub-stations to connect the solar park with the National Grid on 13 June 2016.[5][6] The Kamuthi Solar Power Project was completed on 21 September 2016 with an investment of around Template:INRConvert.[7] The solar plant consists of 2.5 million solar modules, 380,000 foundations, 27,000 metres of structures, 576 inverters, 154 transformers, and almost 6,000 km of cables.[8][9] Construction of the structures needed to mount the solar panels required 30,000 tonnes of galvanised steel.[10] Around 8,500 workers installed an average of 11 MW of capacity per day to complete the project within 8 months.[11][12]
The entire solar park is connected to a 400 kV substation of the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corp.[13] The solar panels are cleaned daily by a self-charged robotic system.[14]
Given the solar resource of around 2100 kWh/(m2*yr) an annual generation of 1.35 TWh/yr may be possible.[15] This corresponds to a capacity factor (or average power) of 24% of the peak capacity 648 MWp. Assuming a technical life time of 25 years the investment cost is 700 MUSD/(25*1.35 TWh) = 2 US cent/kWh.
Controversy
The plant relies on approximately 200,000 liters of water to keep its 25,000 modules clean each day, which has apparently been sourced from borewells nearby without consent of the respective district authority.[16]
See also
References
- ↑ India Builds World’s Largest Solar Power Plant, Covering 2,500 Acres. CleanTechnica. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ Adani plans 1,000MW solar power plant at Ramanathapuram. Times of India(15 March 2015).
- ↑ World's largest solar project starts feeding electricity into national grid. Uniindia.com(9 June 2016).
- ↑ India unveils the world's largest solar power plant. Al Jazeera.
- ↑ ABB links 648 MW solar project at Kamuthi with national grid. Economic Times.
- ↑ ABB connects power to the Indian grid from one of the world’s largest solar plants. Abb.com.
- ↑ Adani Group launches world’s largest solar power plant in Tamil Nadu - Times of India. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ Adani dedicates to nation world’s largest solar power plant in TN : The Hindu Business Line - Mobile edition. M.thehindubusinessline.com.
- ↑ CDM: Adani dedicates to nation world’s largest solar power plant in TN. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ↑ Kamuthi Solar Power Plant in India is now operational. Alternative energy news and resources updated daily(2016-11-29). Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ Gautam Adani unveils world's largest solar power plant in Tamil Nadu. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ India built the world’s largest solar plant in record time. Quartz. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ CDM: Adani unveils world’s largest solar plant in Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ↑ World’s largest solar power plant unveiled in Tamil Nadu. The Indian Express(2016-11-30). Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ India Solar Resource - Global Horizontal Irradiance - Annual Average, by NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Adani solar plant guzzles illegal fresh water in drought-hit Tamil Nadu(6 June 2017).
