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Azure Power inaugurates its largest Solar Project

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Azure Power, one of India’s leading independent providers of sustainable solutions, commissions its largest solar project in India.
Located in Bikaner, Rajasthan, the project has a totalsolar power capacity of 600 MW.

Azure Power is now developing 2.5 GW in India

The last 100 MW have just been commissioned.
Azure Power’s total solar capacity across India now stands at 2,510 MW.
The project is connected to the interstate transmission system of SECI(Solar Energy Corporation of India).
Electricity will be supplied to SECI at a cost of INR 2.53/kWh for 25 years.
Ranjit Gupta, CEO of Azure Power, is delighted with this commissioning under difficult conditions.
The project was launched at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the company has placed great emphasis on protecting its employees.
It is also the largest solar project owned and operated by a single developer in India.

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