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Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park
Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park in Andhra Pradesh is a solar park spread over a total area of in Panyam mandal of Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, with a capacity of . It was inaugurated by then chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu Naidu on 8 Jan 2019 The park was built at an investment of around by solar power developers and the Central and State governments. Solar power developers invested , while the remaining was funded by APSPCL supported by a grant from the Union Government. Description The Kurnool Solar Park is spread over a total area of in the Gani and Sakunala villages of Kurnool district. The region is arid. The park utilizes over 4 million solar panels with capacities of 315 and 320 watts. The panels are connected to four 220/33 kV pooling stations of 250 MW each and a 400/220 kV grid substation through nearly of cables. During a sunny day, the Kurnool Solar Park is able to generate more than 8 GW⋅h of electricity, which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurnool District
Kurnool district is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in the North western part of the state and is bounded by Jogulamba Gadwal district of Telangana in the north, Raichur district of Karnataka in the northwest, Bellary district of Karnataka in the west, Anantapur district in the south and Nandyal district in the east. The city of Kurnool is the headquarters of the district. It has a population of 4,053,463 of which 28.35% were urban as of 2011. History The Ketavaram rock paintings are dated back to the Paleolithic era (located at a distance of from Kurnool). Jurreru Valley, Katavani Kunta and Yaganti in the district have some important rock arts and paintings in their vicinity, which are dated back to 35,000 to 40,000 years ago. Belum Caves are geologically and historically important caves in the district. There are indications that Jain and Buddhist monks were occupying these caves centuries ago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
