NTPC's 50 MW solar power plant in Madhya Pradesh commissioned.

NTPC's solar power project in Madhya Pradesh, the biggest in the country using domestically manufactured modules, has been commissioned.

The 50 MW plant in Rajgarh, which was set up by Tata Power Solar for state-owned NTPC, will be used to supply electricity to about 90,000 households a year. The photovoltaic project for NTPC was commissioned 'as part of their mandate to expand their renewable energy portfolio to 1,000 MW by 2017,' Tata Power Solar said in a statement.

The Rajgarh plant is the largest Indian solar project to use domestically manufactured solar modules, according to the statement.

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