| Pavagada Solar Park | |
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| Official name | Shakti Sthala[1] |
| Country | India |
| Location | Pavagada taluk, Tumkur district, Karnataka |
| Coordinates | 14°15′N 77°27′E / 14.25°N 77.45°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | October 2016 |
| Commission date | March 2018 |
| Construction cost | ₹14,425 crore[2] |
| Owner | Karnataka Solar Power Development Corporation Ltd. (KSPDCL) |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | Flat-panel PV |
| Site resource | 5.5-6.0 kWh/m2 per day[3] |
| Site area | 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2,050 MW[4] |
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| External links | |
| Website | kspdcl |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Shakti Sthala, also called Pavagada Solar Park is a solar park covering an area of 53 square kilometres (13,000 acres) in Pavagada taluk, Tumkur district, Karnataka. Completed in 2019, the park has a capacity of 2,050 MW. As of April 2021, it is the world's third largest photovoltaic solar park after the 2,245 MW Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan and 2,200 MW Huanghe Hydropower Hainan Solar Park in China. It is the second largest in India.The total project cost was ₹14,800 crore (US$2.1 billion).[5]
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- ^ Prabhu, Nagesh (30 September 2017). "1st phase of Pavagada solar park to be ready by Dec". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "India Solar Resource - Global Horizontal Irradiance - Annual Average, by NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory". National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Ranjan, Rakesh (27 December 2019). "World's Largest Solar Park at Karnataka's Pavagada is Now Fully Operational". mercomindia.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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