A team of officials from renewable energy company Greenko met with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and expressed their interest in setting up 800 MW capacity by 2018.
According to a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office, the Greenko team requested the State Chief Minister to facilitate in getting the necessary land for the proposed renewable energy projects in the state.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister said that the Government was keen to add fresh capacity both thermal and in the renewable energy sector to bridge the demand supply mismatch and gradually make the State power surplus.
Referring to the recent invitation for companies to set up solar parks in the state, he said that these parks when completed would be able to provide additional power during the day time which could be used for the farm sector requirements.
He said if necessary another round of tenders would be called for inviting expression of interest to develop solar project in the State.
The Chief Minister also wanted to explore the potential of setting up wind energy farms in the rural parts of the State as these could be useful for energy short villages.