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Kamuthi solar power plant completed

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Kamuthi solar power plant completed
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A 648 MW solar power plant built by the Adani group at Kamuthi in Ramanathapuram district was completed.

The Kamuthi Solar Power Project covers about 2,500 acres near Kamuthi in Ramanathapuram district. It has a capacity of 648 MWp at a single location and was then among the largest solar parks in the world. ABB commissioned sub-stations linking it to the grid on 13 June 2016, and the project was completed on 21 September 2016. It marked the growth of renewable energy in the dry southern districts.

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