Fortum Pavagada Solar PV Park is a 350MW solar PV power project. It is located in Karnataka, India. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. The project construction commenced in 2019 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in March 2020.
Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 350 | 350 | – | Active | Karnataka, India | Fortum India |
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Description
The project is developed and owned by Fortum India.
Fortum Pavagada Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 1,250 acres.
The project generates 455,520MWh electricity thereby offsetting 426,731t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $120m.
The project consists of 1,536,850 modules, each with 95W nameplate capacity.
Development Status
The project construction commenced in 2019 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in March 2020.
Power Purchase Agreement
Bangalore Electricity Supply, CESC, Hubli Electricity Supply and Mangalore Electricity Supply are the power offtakers from the project.
Contractors Involved
BELECTRIC Photovoltaic India was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
Schneider Electric France supplied 100 inverters to the project site.
BELECTRIC Photovoltaic India is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
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