Tirunelveli powers India's solar ambitions with a new facility by Tata

With a capacity of 4.3 gigawatt (Gw) each for cells and modules, the plant is designed with many open spaces available for future expansion

Tirunelveli, 620 kilometres (km) from Chennai and 158 km from Thiruvananthapuram, has been a known trading hub since 304–232 BCE. The mighty Pandyas, the Cheras, the Cholas, the Vijayanagara Empire, and the British all enjoyed their share of ‘power’ in this town, which has a recorded history of more than three millennia. In the post-Independence era, the city made its own ‘green power’ history when wind power debuted in India in 1986 simultaneously in three locations: Maharashtra (Ratnagiri), Gujarat (Okha), and Tamil Nadu (Tirunelveli).

 

Now, Tirunelveli is known as the ‘Green Energy Capital’ of Tamil Nadu, contributing 25 per cent