Tata Power signs power purchase pact for its 25 MW solar power project in Gujarat

Tata Power Company Limited has signed a power purchase agreement with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited for its 25 MW solar photovoltaic power project being set up at Mithapur, Gujarat.

Spread over 100 acres and one of the largest of its kind in the country, the plant will be located along the coast of Gujarat. The project is targeted for commissioning by December 2011.

The plant will use the crystalline silicon photo-voltaic technology, which is modular, proven and widely deployed, the company said in a release.

"We would like to thank the government of Gujarat for the support extended for setting up this solar power project at Mithapur. The signing of the power purchase agreement with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited is a step in the right direction and we look forward to participating in many such initiatives in solar power," Prasad R Menon, managing director of Tata Power, said after signing the agreement.

Tata Power had set up its first solar power plant of 100 kW at Walwhan in Lonavla way back in 1996, and is currently executing a 3 MW solar photo-voltaic plant at Mulshi, one of the largest grid-connected solar projects in Maharashtra.

Tata Power, India's largest integrated private sector power utility with an installed generation capacity of about 3000 MW, has a presence in all the segments of the power sector viz generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind), transmission, distribution and trading.