Rewa Ultra Mega Solar

Rewa Ultra Mega Solar is the first solar project in the country to break the grid parity barrier. It is one of the largest solar power plants in India[3] and one of the Asia's largest single site solar plants.[4] It is an operational ground mounted, grid-connected photovoltaic solar park spread over an area of 1,590 acres (6.4 km2) in the Gurh tehsil of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh.[2] The project was commissioned with 750 MW capacity in December 2019.[5]

Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project
CountryIndia
LocationRewa district, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates24.4802°N 81.5744°E / 24.4802; 81.5744
StatusCommissioned
Commission date5 July 2018
Construction cost₹4,500 crore (US$658 million)
Owner(s)Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited
Solar Energy Corporation of India
Operator(s)Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL)
Solar farm
TypeFlat-panel PV
Site resource5.0-5.5 kWh/m2 per day[1]
Site area1,590 acres (6.4 km2) [2]
Power generation
Units operational3 x 250 MW
Nameplate capacity750 MW

The 750 MW capacity was auctioned in three packages of 250 MW each. RUMSL invited bids from solar power developers in January 2017. Twenty firms submitted bids, from which eighteen were shortlisted based on their financial and technical proposal to participate in the bidding process.[6]

References
  1. "India Solar Resource - Global Horizontal Irradiance - Annual Average, by NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory".
  2. "Electricity | District Rewa, Government of Madhya Pradesh | India". Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  3. "Explained: How does the Rewa Solar Power Plant match up to similar plants in India and abroad?". Indian Express. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  4. "Big Story | India now has Asia's largest solar power plant". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  5. "750 MW Rewa solar project starts supplying power". pv magazine India.
  6. "20 firms submit bid for Rewa solar power plant - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
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