Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for two new solar parks totalling 1,800 MW for Uttar Pradesh and inaugurated projects with a combined capacity of 200 MW in Uttar Pradesh.

These are part of Rs 56,000 crore multiple power and infra projects the PM dedicated to the nation or laid foundation stone of them from Telangana’s Adilabad district.

Under the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) and Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI), the establishment of 200-megawatt solar power projects has been carried out by S.J.V.N. Green Energy Ltd on a build-own-operate basis.

“All these projects inaugurated by the PM have started commercial production and all the power to be produced by them will be purchased by the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) at Rs 2.68, Rs 2.98 and Rs 2.98 per units respectively for next 25 years,” a senior official said.

The two solar parks the foundation of which was laid by the PM include one 1,200 MW Jalaun Ultra Mega Renewable Solar Park and a 600 MW solar park in Talbehat tehsil in Lalitpur district.