Coal india has signed an agreement with the Solar Energy Corporation of India to set up power plants of total 1,000 MW capacity in various parts of the country. State-run mining major Coal India will develop solar power plants of 600 MW capacity in four states, including West Bengal and Maharashtra, under the second phase of its plan to set up a total 1,000 MW green energy plants. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has already floated tenders for development of solar capacity in the second phase. Coal India has signed an agreement with SECI for setting up of solar power plants of total 1000 MW capacity in different parts of the country. "In the first phase, CIL is going to set up 2x100 MW solar power plants in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Source: dna September 04, 2016 08:25 UTC