India gets the world's largest 151MW (DC) solar project in MP

World's largest 151 (DC) MW solar project in Neemuch, MP by Welspun energy was inaugrated yesterday by Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr.Narendra Modi & Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan.The commisioning took place well 8months ahead of its schedule.

WEL, through its subsidiary, Welspun Solar Madhya Pradesh Private Limited (WSMPPL) had won the project against 12 qualified bidders. It is also the largest solar power project awarded to any industry player in India and will enable powering of 6,24,000 homes in Madhya Pradesh. It will help mitigate 2,16,372 tonnes of carbon emission annually. Recently, Welspun also won JNSSM phase II bid for 10MW

Gujarat Chief Minister, Shri Narendra Modi said, "Our nation has set ambitious goals to achieve energy security through renewable sources. Projects like these are a perfect example of what should be done to achieve these goals. Using clean energy in the present will help secure a greener world for the future generations - and this is a priority for us. With the ever increasing power crisis and rising prices of coal and gas, we must tie together the power of wind and sun to produce electricity for the commercial and household use. Creating clean energy infrastructure will, in turn, help create employment opportunities for people, healthy competition in the market and the community at large will benefit in several ways."

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, said, "Climate change is generally accepted as being the greatest environmental challenge facing our world today. Together with the need to ensure long-term security of energy supply, it imposes an obligation on all of us to consider ways of reducing our carbon footprint and sourcing more of our energy from renewable resources. The government has responded by setting legally binding targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 and such projects will help achieve those targets. This is a milestone project in MP that sets the standard for other industry players to develop such large scale projects across the nation."

This project is a role model for solar projects in India. It is part of government's continued efforts to increase clean energy adoption. Further, few UMPPs are also in pipeline across various parts of the country to bring sustainable energy to the forefront. In line with the government solar initiatives, Welspun Energy aims to develop 1750 GW of solar and wind power projects by 2017.

WEL has successfully developed its projects well before their scheduled deadline and at a lower cost ratio as compared to other players in this sector. Welspun Energy has so far built a pipeline of more than 600 MW clean energy, of this 217 MW clean energy projects are operational.