Kadapa Ultra Mega Solar Park is a

solar park A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV system) designed for the supply of merchant power. They are different from most building- ...

spread over a total area of in the Mylavaram mandal of

Kadapa district Kadapa district (officially: YSR district; formerly: Cuddapah district) is one of the twenty six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. On 19 August 2005 nomenclature of “Cuddapah” has been changed as “Kadapa” by the Governm ...

, Andhra Pradesh. The project is being implemented by the Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Corporation Private Limited (APSPCL), a joint venture of

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(SECI),

Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited is power generating organization in Andhra Pradesh. It undertakes operation and maintenance of the power plants and also setting up new power projects alongside upgrading the project's capacity ...

and the New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd. A 1,000 MW solar park at Kadapa was approved by the Union Government in August 2015.

NTPC Limited NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Power, Government of India which is engaged in generation of electricity and ...

invited bids from solar power developers to develop 250 MW capacity in March 2016, and 650 MW capacity in July 2016. The auction for 250 MW concluded on 11 April 2017. NTPC awarded the contract to French firm

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for a record-low tariff of INR 3.15 per kWh, beating the previous low of INR 3.29 per kWh awarded in auctions for the Rewa Solar Park on 10 February 2017. The price is the levellized tariff for 25 years. Although the Rewa contract was awarded at a cost of INR 2.97 per kWh, the levellized tariff over the contract's 25 year period amounts to INR 3.30 per kWh. In January 2017, SECI issued India's first grid-scale solar-plus-storage tender to install 5MW/2.5MWh battery energy storage systems to two separate solar projects of 50 MW each in the park. The project has been delayed due to Andhra Pradesh discoms refusing to purchase the power generated at the solar plant. Discoms argue that solar tariffs have dropped considerably since the auction for the Kadapa park took place and prefer to source power from other sources. In February 2020, 250 MW capacity was commissioned by Solairedirect and the remaining 750 MW is under various stages of construction.

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{{SPIN Buildings and structures in Kadapa district Photovoltaic power stations in India Energy in Andhra Pradesh Energy infrastructure completed in 2020 2020 establishments in Andhra Pradesh

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