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Tata Power Solar
commissions floating solar
power plant in Kerala
INDIA TATA Power Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Power Solar said that a scaffolding plat-
Indian electric utility Tata Power, has completed form was constructed on the water body to keep
the commissioning of a 101.6-MW floating solar the entire solar plant floating. The project was
power project in Kerala, believed to be the largest anchored to the waterbed of Kerala backwa-
floating solar power project in India. The project ter using cast pile foundations which involved
is being constructed on 350 acres (142 hectares) dredging soil strata underwater.
of water, in the backwaters area in Kayamkulam The 134 cast pile foundations, bored to a
town of Alappuzha district in Kerala. depth of 20m underwater, support the project’s
The project comprises s a floating inverter central monitoring and control stations (CMCS)
platform with a 5-MW capacity. Construction and the 33/220-kV switchyard
was completed on schedule, despite a number Tata Power Solar said that all the equipment,
of challenges such as variable water depths, high including the floats and solar panel modules, has
sea tides, and severe water salinity, said Tata been towed for 3 km on a sea-linked National
Power Solar. waterway, which was 15m deep. Its execution
The company has also signed a power pur- team has synchronised the 33/220-kV air insu-
chase agreement (PPA) under which the entire lated substation (AIS) with a 220-kV existing gas
power generated from the plant will be used by insulated substation (GIS), said the company.
Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB). The pro- Earlier this month, Tata Power Solar com-
ject has a commercial operation date (COD) missioned a 450-MW DC capacity solar pant
certification in place, which indicates that it has for Brookfield Renewable India, which involves
been approved as complete and operational. more than 800,000 modules.
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