Charanka – Alex Astral Solar PV Park is a 25MW solar PV power project. It is located in Gujarat, India. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in March 2012.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Solar PV 25 25 Active Gujarat, India Cirus Solar

Description

The project was developed by Cirus Solar and is currently owned by Alex Astral Power.

Charanka – Alex Astral Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project.

The project cost is $68.251m.

Development Status

The project got commissioned in March 2012.

Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam under a power purchase agreement. The power is sold at the rate of $0.298kWh for a period of 25 years.

Contractors Involved

Indu Projects and Photon Energy Systems were selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.

First Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 64,800 modules each with 75W of nameplate capacity.

First Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 65,970 modules each with 80W of nameplate capacity.

First Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 192,600 modules each with 77.5W of nameplate capacity.

Methodology

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