Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), the renewable energy subsidiary of The Tata Power Company, has successfully commissioned its 100 Mega Watt(MW) Group Captive Solar Project (TNGC-2) at Vellalankottai and Nalandhula villages in Kayathar, Tamil Nadu.
The project is designed to generate 240.63 million units (MUs) of clean electricity annually.
It will supply clean power to a host of group companies including Tata Power’s solar manufacturing arm producing TP Solar Limited, Tata Electronics Private Limited and Tata Realty And Infrastructure Limited.
With this commissioning, TPREL’s utility portfolio now stands at 12.3 GW with 7 GW of operational capacity comprising more than 5.7 GW of solar and 1.3 GW of wind energy assets while the rest is slated for phased commissioning over the next 6 to 24 months.
The power generated will be transmitted through the Kayathar 400 kV Grid Substation (GSS). A key highlight of the project is the first-of-its-kind deployment of the Flexible Terrain Compatible (FTC) Single Axis Tracker technology in India that is engineered to maximise operational efficiency across varying terrain conditions.