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Bitta Solar Power Plant

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Country
  
India

Status
  
Operational

Type
  
Flat-panel PV

Phone
  
079 2755 7682

Units operational
  
400000

Location
  
Bitta, Kutch

Commission date
  
5 January 2012

Site area
  
350 acres (0.5 sq mi)

Owner
  
Adani Power

Bitta Solar Power Plant

Address
  
Kutch, Bita, Gujarat 370650

Hours
  
Open today · 6:30AM–6:30PMFriday6:30AM–6:30PMSaturday6:30AM–6:30PMSundayClosedMonday6:30AM–6:30PMTuesday6:30AM–6:30PMWednesday6:30AM–6:30PMThursday6:30AM–6:30PM

Bitta Solar Power Plant is a 40-megawatt solar power plant located in Bitta village, Gujarat, in west India. When it was commissioned in early January 2012, it was India's largest photovoltaic power plant.

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Features

The power plant is spread over an area of 350 acres (141.6 ha). The over 400,000 panels are of amorphous silicon thin-film photovoltaic technology. Each panel is rated 100 or 95 Wp. Cost was approximately Rs 400 crore.

Commissioning

The power plant was commissioned on 5 January 2012, and was completed in 150 days. Adani expects to expand the power plant to 100 MW in the future.

References

Bitta Solar Power Plant Wikipedia