Please wait...
Moser Baer Photo Voltaic (MBPV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the global technology company Moser Baer, plans to commission its second solar farm in the country in the next quarter.
The 5-Mw farm will be set up in Tamil Nadu, with an investment of around $20 million (Rs 90 crore) and a farm of similar capacity will be set up in Rajasthan after that. Recently, the company commissioned its largest Thin Film solar farm with an installed capacity of 1 Mw at Chandrapur in Maharashtra. This project was awarded by Mahagenco, a government of Maharashtra power generation company, and Moser Baer signed a consortium agreement with Germany-based SunEnergy Europe for this project.
The farm has been set up using amorphous silicon thin film technology and is connected to the 33 KVA local grid. “The government has announced its solar mission and we are setting up these grid connected solar farms as part of this. We started with a 1-Mw farm but in future, the capacities will be between 5 Mw and 15 Mw,” said Yogesh B Mathur, CFO, Moser Baer. However, the company has not collaborated with any foreign partner for the Tamil Nadu plant