Ramagundam Floating Solar Project- Kayamkulam

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 3

India’s largest floating solar plant in now fully operational at Ramagundam in Telangana. It is a 100-megawatt(MW) floating solar power photovoltaic project commissioned by the National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC). 

Features 

• The project is endowed with advanced technology and Environment-friendly features.
• The solar modules are placed across 500 acres on floaters manufactured with high-density polyethene material that keeps floating irrespective of water-level fluctuations
• This project is also unique in the sense that all the electrical equipment including inverter, transformer, HT panel, and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) are also on floating Ferro cement platforms.