Team News Riveting
Raipur, February 17
Jindal Power Limited (JSP), a Naveen Jindal-owned diversified company with a dominant presence in steel, power, mining and infrastructure sectors, will set up a solar power plant in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district.
The company today inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Chhattisgarh for setting up 84.5 MW solar power plant in Tehsil-Tamnar, District Raigarh. JSP would infuse over Rs 400 crore in the project.
According to a JSP spokesperson, a target has been set to produce 11,14,57,000 KWH units per year from the 84.5 MW solar power plant.
The MoU was signed by Bhuvanesh Yadav, Secretary, Commerce and Industry on behalf of the Chhattisgarh Government while JSP President Pradeep Tandon represented the company.
Tandon said that the production of electricity in the country is increasing every year, in such a situation, the use of solar energy is the best solution in the field of energy conservation and electricity conservation. “It can facilitate establishing harmony between the demand and supply of energy,” Tandon added.
