Patoda is a
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
in
Beed
Beed (Marathi pronunciation: iːɖ is a city and headquarters of eponymous Beed district of Maharashtra state in India.
History
Beed is a historical city of possibly medieval origin. Its early history is obscure. Historians speculate, base ...
subdivision of
Beed district,
Maharashtra
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state
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,
India
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. Patoda has historical and cultural importance, and it lies amidst other places of interest to tourists.
Features
Paramount Solar Park is a solar energy park in Patoda. It is the largest private-sector solar park approved by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) under the
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in India. The park is spread over . The park is proposed to have a capacity of 500 MW.
Maharashtra has received bids for tariffs of Rs 4.42 per kWh in 2016, and it is expected the rates will decrease by the time K. P. Power – Paramount Solar Park is completed.
It has Asia's first peacock sanctuary established in Naygaon. Also there is a famous waterfall at Sautada in Patoda Taluka.
See also
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Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects
Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects, also known as Ultra Mega Solar Parks, are a series of solar power projects planned by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Union Government of India
The Government of India (ISO: Bhārata Sarak ...
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Solar Energy Corporation of India
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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is a ministry of the Government of India, headed by current cabinet (government), Union Cabinet Minister Pralhad Joshi, that is mainly responsible for research and development, intellectual prope ...
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Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
References
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Solar power stations in Maharashtra
Beed district
Photovoltaic power stations in India
Cities and towns in Beed district
Talukas in Maharashtra