Singareni Collieries Introduces 37 MW Solar Plant in Telangana

• State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) ushered in 37 megawatts solar plant at Kothagudem in Telangana on Wednesday.

Total 300 megawatts solar plants are being erected throughout Singareni, out of which 172 megawatts plants have actually already been completed as well as creating solar power, said Singareni Collieries, which is the first coal company to become part of the solar power field in addition to thermal power.

The 37 megawatts solar plant was ushered in by SCCL Directors N.Balaram and D.Satyanarayana. With this, Singareni has gone across the 200 megawatts milestone in solar field. Company Chairman and Managing Director N. Sridhar shared his congratulations and also instructed the worried departments that the third phase erections ought to be completed by this year end.

Speaking on the occasion, the Directors stated that Singareni is erecting these solar plants as part of atmosphere security actions and also with this initiative practically 120 crore rupees are being conserved. Singareni chose to put up 13 plants completing 300 megawatts in 8 areas of Singareni and also erection of these plants is to be completed in 3 phases.

In the very first phase, BHEL was handed over a contract to full nuclear power plant in 4 locations (Ramagundam, Manuguru, Yellandu as well as STPP) for 129 megawatts power generation and also these have been completed and also generation has started. Adani building and construction company was given agreement to finish 4 plants in 3 locations (Kothagudem, Mandamarri-A, Mandamarri-B as well as Bhupalpally) with a capacity of 90 MW.

It has actually been completed and also with this Singareni has actually reached solar energy generation of 209 MW. Around 122.3 million units of solar power has actually been generated and has been linked to the grid.

SCCL attained considerable growth in April this year in terms of coal manufacturing, dispatches as well as overburden removal in spite of interruptions as a result of the Covid pandemic. Throughout April 2021, the mining company delivered 54.43 lakh tonnes of coal, a growth of 79.11 percent when contrasted to 30.4 lakh tonnes in April last year, and also coal production went to 48.56 lakh tonnes, up 61.9 per cent over 30 lakh tonnes in April last year.