CEL achieves milestone during Covid-19 period by commissioning Solar Power Plant

When the whole world has been reeling under the Covid-19 crisis, Central Electronics Limited, a leader in Supply, Installation and commissioning of Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) has achieved another milestone by commissioning Ground Mounted Solar Power Plants with a cumulative capacity of 9MWp in the 1st quarter of financial year 2020-2021) for the Innovative project “Solar power for Agricultural Feeder”. Aiming to provide regular power to farmers through agricultural feeders, the Maharashtra government has undertaken many
0.25 MW-10 MW capacity solar projects under the Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Vahini Yojana . The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation Ltd (MSEDCL) is the nodal agency for the project and EESL is the main contractor. The ground-mounted solar projects are being set up in notified areas. Bholanath Sarkar, Chairman and Managing Director of Central Electronics Limited lauded the efforts of CEL’s engineers and officers in achieving the commissioning of 9MWp Solar Power Plant during pandemic situation. He appreciated the trust and support given by EESL and said that the company is committed for achieving the target of 120MWp solar power plant installations in Maharashtra during this financial year. The company has already commissioned 38.5MWp Grid Tied Ground Mounted Solar Power Plants at 46 sites in Maharashtra and work is in progress at 10 sites with cumulative capacity of 10MWp during this difficult situation. These power plants are connected to dedicated Agricultural Feeders and the electricity generated is for the use of farmers. Giving the details, Manoj Kumar Sharma, PRO told that the company has commissioned its largest grid connected ground mounted solar PV power plant at single location of capacity 3.24 MWp on 29th June 2020 at Ansarwada. CEL followed it by commissioning of another 2.8 MWp Solar Power Plant at Panchancholi in Latur district on 30th June 2020. The output of these solar power plants is fed to the MSEDCL substation of 33/11 KV at Ansarwada and Panchancholif respectively, at a distrance of 5kms. Apart from these, CEL has commissioned solar power plants of 1.1 MWp at Selu, and 1.8 MWp cummulative at Redani, Nimgaon Ketki
and Dahitane taking the total installed and commissioned capacity during the Covid-19 lockdown period to 9MWp.