India built the world’s largest solar plant in record time by @qz
India built the world’s largest solar plant in record time by @qz
India’s push for solar power is gaining steam.
At the end of November, the country turned on the world’s largest solar power plant spanning 10 km sq in Kamuthi in the state of Tamil Nadu.
It packs 648 megawatts of
power—nearly 100 more than California’s Topaz Solar Farm, which was previously the largest solar plant at a single location.
At full capacity, the Kamuthi plant can
provide enough electricity to power around 150,000 homes.
The Rs45.5 billion ($679 million) solar project consists of 380,000 foundations, 2.5 million solar modules, 576 inverters, and 154 transformers, according to the Deccan
Chronicle.
Each day, the plant is cleaned by a robotic system that is charged by its own solar panels, Al Jazeera reported.
The Kamuthi solar plant, backed by the Ahmedabad-based conglomerate Adani Group, was constructed in an impressive eight months.
In comparison, Topaz took over
two years and cost nearly $2.5 billion to build.
On the south Indian site, 8,500 men installed an average of 11 megawatts-worth of equipment each day to complete the
project in time.
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