A floating solar plant with clear glass-to-glass modules has been successfully built and synchronised at the Singareni Thermal Power Plant in Jaipur, Mancherial district, according to an announcement by Hyderabad-based Novus Green Energy Systems Ltd.
According to a press statement from Novus Green Energy Systems, phase I of the project, which has already been commissioned, has a capacity of 5 MW(AC)/6.5 MW and is the nation’s largest floating solar plant, with a total capacity of 15 MW(AC)/ 19.5 MW(DC) (DC). The facility employs transparent glass-to-glass solar modules, which are more effective than conventional solar modules. According to the company, this is the first plant of its sort to be produced and deployed on this scale in India.
Through an electronic bidding process, the project, which was floated by the Singareni Collieries Ltd, was chosen by the Novus Green Energy Systems and Ilios Power consortium.
Anshuman Yenigalla, MD of Novus Green, stated that Novus Green’s own teams and manufacturing facility handled the end-to-end manufacturing and execution. As part of Novus Green’s Make in India project, the solar panels utilised in the facility were made in India.
Naveen Vunnam, CEO of Ilios Power, stated that the company is excitedly anticipating commissioning the remaining 10MW(AC)/13.5(DC) in the next months because the technology has been thoroughly tested on the ground and the execution process has been expedited.
The project encountered a number of difficulties, including the design and production of floating boards by the Indian company FloatVolt by adhering to all testing requirements and mounting frameless glass to glass modules onto the float boards. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) reviewed the overall design, making it the first floating solar project to do so from a prestigious institution.
