The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, today extended an invitation to “national and international investors” to set up power plants in the State.

The Government of Tamil Nadu plans to enable addition of 23,140 MW of power generation capacity in the State over the next five years, the Chief Minister has said in a press release.

The existing installed capacity is 10,237 MW, the release notes. The proposed additions are: 15,140 MW through thermal, 5,000 MW through wind and 3,000 MW through solar, it says. “My Government will provide an enabling environment to investors to set up their plants, on a fast-track mode,” Ms Jayalalithaa has said in the release.