The Maharashtra I solar park southwest of Chatgaon Village in the

Beed district Beed district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, iːɖ is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Beed. The district occupies an area of 10,693 km² and has a popu ...

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

, India, is a 67.2

megawatt The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of Power (physics), power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantification (science), quantify the rate of Work ...

(MWD_C)

photovoltaic power station A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV system) designed for the supply of merchant power. They are different from most building ...

, which was commissioned in August 2017. It covers an area of and supplies about 126,000 people with energy. Part of the plant uses a seasonal tracking system with the remaining using a horizontal single axis tracking system, using polycrystalline solar PV technology. The produced electricity is taken by

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited Mahavitaran or Mahadiscom or MSEDCL (Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited) (stylized as MΛHΛVITARAN) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board. It is the largest electricity distribution ut ...

and Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). The solar park was constructed using 207,015 solar modules. The estimated reduction of CO₂ is more than 41,000 metric tons per year. Solar Arise currently owns and operates 130 MW of grid-connected solar power projects in India. India has a target of developing of solar power plants and an additional is expected in local generation, bringing the total to by 2022, which was later increased to 100,000 megawatts.

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* https://www.thomas-lloyd.com/en/portfolio-item/maharashtra-i/ {{Renewable energy by country Photovoltaic power stations in India Beed district 2017 establishments in Maharashtra Power stations in Maharashtra