Centre to help AP generate 4,000 MW of solar power.

The Union Government is planning to give a big solar power push to Andhra Pradesh. The Centre will help set up the State add 4,000 MW of solar power in the next two years, making it a leader in solar power in the country. Anantapur district will be made the solar power hub of the country.

Addressing reporters after his meeting with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu recently, Union Minister for Power Piyush Goyal has said that the State would be allotted 200 MW of power from NTPC’s Jhajjar plant from August 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015.

He discussed the power scenario with the AP Chief Minister and promised help from the Centre to augment power supply and to help generate more power. He said the Hinduja group would add 520 MW of power in Visakhapatnam by the end of this year.

He also promised to increase coal supply from Mahanadi coal fields to the AP Genco, the generation utility of the new Government.


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