<p>Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday laid foundation stone for 750 MW solar power project at Kadapa and 100 MW solar power project at Anantapuram worth Rs 3400 crore.</p><p>Government also signed an MoU with the HPCL for setting up solar and wind energy plants of 500 MW each and 250 MW PSP plant with an investment of Rs 10,000crore and employment potential for 1500 persons.</p><p>Senior officials of Energy Department and HPCL exchanged MoU copies in the presence of the CM.</p><p>Laying the stone virtually from the Camp Office here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said that the government is committed to supply quality power to all regions across the state and dedicated the new sub-stations to the service of the locals.</p><p>The solar power projects coming up with an investment of Rs 3400 crore at the solar parks at Kadapa and Anantapuram will have an employment potential for 1700 persons.</p><p>Jagan also laid foundation stone for enhancing the production capacity of EV scooter manufacturing utility of Avera AI Mobility Pvt Ltd’s plant at Nunna in Vijayawada from 25,000 to 1 lakh units.</p><p>The enhanced production capacity will provide employment to another 200 people.</p><p>Jagan said that the government had spent Rs 1700 crore in the initial days for enhancing the feeder capacity to supply nine-hour free power to farmers during day time.</p><p>The CM said that the state government has also signed agreement with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for producing 17,000 million units of power in the state and supplying 13,000 million units of power to agricultural sector at the rate of Rs. 2.49 per unit as against the usual average unit cost of Rs. 5.30, thereby reducing the burden of the state exchequer on free power supply to farmers.</p><p>He said the SECI would make available 3000MW, 3000MW and 1000 MW of solar power by Sept 2024, Sept 2025 and Sept 2026 respectively.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday laid foundation stone for 750 MW solar power project at Kadapa and 100 MW solar power project at Anantapuram worth Rs 3400 crore.</p><p>Government also signed an MoU with the HPCL for setting up solar and wind energy plants of 500 MW each and 250 MW PSP plant with an investment of Rs 10,000crore and employment potential for 1500 persons.</p><p>Senior officials of Energy Department and HPCL exchanged MoU copies in the presence of the CM.</p><p>Laying the stone virtually from the Camp Office here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said that the government is committed to supply quality power to all regions across the state and dedicated the new sub-stations to the service of the locals.</p><p>The solar power projects coming up with an investment of Rs 3400 crore at the solar parks at Kadapa and Anantapuram will have an employment potential for 1700 persons.</p><p>Jagan also laid foundation stone for enhancing the production capacity of EV scooter manufacturing utility of Avera AI Mobility Pvt Ltd’s plant at Nunna in Vijayawada from 25,000 to 1 lakh units.</p><p>The enhanced production capacity will provide employment to another 200 people.</p><p>Jagan said that the government had spent Rs 1700 crore in the initial days for enhancing the feeder capacity to supply nine-hour free power to farmers during day time.</p><p>The CM said that the state government has also signed agreement with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for producing 17,000 million units of power in the state and supplying 13,000 million units of power to agricultural sector at the rate of Rs. 2.49 per unit as against the usual average unit cost of Rs. 5.30, thereby reducing the burden of the state exchequer on free power supply to farmers.</p><p>He said the SECI would make available 3000MW, 3000MW and 1000 MW of solar power by Sept 2024, Sept 2025 and Sept 2026 respectively.</p>