The NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Park, also known as Ananthapuram - I Ultra Mega Solar Park or Kadiri Ultra Mega Solar Park, is a

solar park 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- ...

occupying a total area of in

Nambulapulakunta Nambulapulakunta is a village in Sri Sathya Sai district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Nambulapulakunta mandal in Kadiri revenue division. According to the Geological Survey of India, pyrophyllite and radiating ...

mandal of

Kadiri Kadiri is a major city in Sri Sathya Sai District the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a ''Special Grade'' Municipal City Council and headquarters of Kadiri Mandal and Kadiri Revenue Division. Kadiri Taluka ('Tehsil') was the largest taluk ...

Constituency in Kadiri Division of

Sri Sathya Sai Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanes ...

district of the Indian state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to t ...

it is 35 km away from

. The first phase of the park was commissioned on 9 May 2016 with a capacity of 200 MW. An additional 50 MW capacity was commissioned on 29 July 2016. A further 750 MW was planned to have been commissioned by March 2018 in the second phase. In August 2016, Tata Power Solar commissioned a 100 MW solar project at the park built over an area of . This was the largest solar project commissioned using domestically manufactured solar cells and modules at the time. In May 2018, Azure Power commissioned a 50 MW solar capacity at the park. In July 2018, Tata Power commissioned another 100 MW capacity, taking total commissioned capacity to 500 MW. In July 2018, 750 MW were awarded for installation at 2.71/kW⋅h. As of 30 April 2021, 978.5 MW capacity was commissioned by the following companies: Sprng Agnitra (250 MW), Ayana Solar (228.5 MW), SB Energy Solar (250 MW) and NTPC (250 MW). Another 400 MW was installed by Tatas (100 MW), ACME (150 MW), Azure (50 MW) and FRV Ltd (100 MW) at adjacent Galiveedu Solar Park which is not part of NP Kunta Solar Park.

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{{SPIN Photovoltaic power stations in India 2016 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Anantapur district Power stations in Andhra Pradesh Energy infrastructure completed in 2016

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