SJVN Green Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of SJVN Limited, has commissioned the 70 MW Dhubri Solar Power Project in Assam.
The project marks the first large-scale solar power plant in the state and SJVN’s first operational project in the North Eastern Region. The project has been developed on around 330 acres of land provided by Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) on a 28-year lease basis at Khudigaon Pt-II village in Dhubri district. The engineering, procurement and construction cost of the project stands at Rs 3.67 billion. The Dhubri solar project is designed to generate about 141.13 million units of electricity in its first year at a capacity utilisation factor of 23 per cent, with an estimated cumulative generation of around 3,230 million units over 25 years.