Maharashtra's Dhule district to house 500 Mw solar park

Govt to set up solar park in two phases

The Maharashtra government, in a bid to strengthen its footing in the renewable energy segment, is planning to set up a 500-Mw solar park in Dhule district.

“We already have 1,000 acres available to set up a 250-Mw solar park,” Arvind Singh, principal secretary (energy), Maharashtra, said on Thursday. 

“We were planning to have a thermal power plant here, but now we are planning to use this land for the first phase of the solar park.”

He was speaking on the sidelines of the ‘Renew India 2017: The Power of Renewable Energy’, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). 

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