Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) has decided to construct a 10 MW Solar PV Project on Sardar Sarovar Canal on river Narmada in Gujarat.
The multi thousand km long canal network has been built to take irrigation water to the areas of Saurashtra & Kutch. Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited is developing a 10 MW Solar Project on this canal with an estimated investment of around Rs. 120 Crores.
Last year a 1 MW Canal Top Project was developed in Gujarat on river Narmada, which was constructed near Kadi Taluka of Mehsana with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 17 Crores.
According to the government officials, the above pilot project was highly successful. Hence, the company has decided to replicate the same with a bigger project.
As said by the Government Officials, the proposed project would likely to come up in Vadodara District.
Solar panels covering around 10 km of the stretch will be installed atop the canal for generating power.
The canal-top project will do away with the need to acquire land for putting up the panels. It will also prevent evaporation of millions of liters of water from the canal.
The 10-MW plant will generate around 16 million units of electricity every year, which will be fed into the grid.
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