1,190 MW solar plant to be set by Coal India
The coal mining company, Coal India Limited (CIL) has plans to set up a 1,190-MW solar power plant in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth Rs 5,400 crore is signed with the Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RUVNL).
As per the information, the solar plant will be set up in a 2,000-MW solar park being developed by RVUNL in Poogal, Bikaner. Rajasthan government has allotted 4,846-hectare land to develop the park in which the RVUNL will set up its own solar project of 810 MW, and a power project of 1,190 will be set up by the CIL.