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Metro will run on solar power from September
The 750MW project in Rewa district, spread over an area of 1,590 acres, is among the largest single-site solar power plants in the world.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is all set to get green power from the Madhya Pradesh-based Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMSL) in the next two months, the first project in the country to supply power to an inter-state open access customer.
The 750MW project in Rewa district, spread over an area of 1,590 acres, is among the largest single-site solar power plants in the world. The DMRC had signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the RUMSL to get green power from the latter to run its trains in the national capital.
Madhya Pradesh Rene-wable Energy Principal Secretary Manu Srivas-tava told that the DMRC would get around 25 per cent of the total power generated by the RUMSL, which would meet around 90 per cent power demand of the DMRC.
“The DMRC will get green power from the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMS) within the next two months,” Srivastava said.
He said the RUMSL has started generating 10 MW power from July 6 this year. “The project is estimated to meet 90 per cent of the daily electricity demand of the DMRC,” he added.
