GPIL Announces Commissioning Of 70 MWp Solar Plant In Chhattisgarh

• Godawari Power and Ispat Limited revealed the information in a regulative filing.
• The renewable energy created in the recently constructed Solar Power Plant will certainly be eaten captively that will certainly permit GPIL to meet its enhanced power need for the integrated steel plant.

In one of the key advancements in the solar power sector, Godawari Power and Ispat Limited (GPIL) has announced that its 70 MWp (megawatt-peak) captive solar photovoltaic or pv nuclear power plant at Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh is currently commercially operational.

The information has actually come through a regulative filing by GPIL. "70 MWP Slave Solar PV Nuclear power plant of the Company located at Rajnandgaon, Chhallisgarh has actually commissioned and duly synchronized with the grid and charged on sixth August" said the

The renewable resource generated in the newly created Solar Power Plant will be taken in captively that will certainly enable GPIL to meet its enhanced power requirement for the incorporated steel plant.

The filing also exposed that the solar energy will replace that expensive energy that is currently acquired by GPIL from state discom. The steel supplier has likewise said that the solar power project is an action in the direction of enhancing the green campaigns of the company. The project will likewise help in reducing the carbon footprint of GPIL.

Earlier this year, GPIL had actually planned to market its 50 MW solar power plant to new participant Virescent Infrastructure Investment Manager by stating that the solar thermal power plant is a 'non-core possession' for Godawari Power and Ispat. The dimension of the overall bargain was kept at concerning Rs 665 crore.

GPIL is a flagship entity of Hira Group of Industries which is based out of Raipur. The company deals in the manufacturing of steel market. The company produces sponge iron, billets, Ferro alloys, captive power, wires rods (via subsidiary company), steel wires, Oxygen gas, fly ash brick and iron ore pellets.

Hira Group has actually additionally established Godawari Green Energy Limited (GGEL) for the renewable energy market as a subsidiary of GPIL to foray right into solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy etc. GGEL has taken the initial step by using up a project to construct and operate a 50 MW Solar Thermal Power Project, in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.