India's EESL to develop 1.5GW of solar-powered plants by 2021

The pipeline will comprise small-scale projects between 0.5MW-10MW.

Indian state-owned Energy Efficient Services Ltd (EESL) plans to develop 1,500 MW of decentralised solar power plants in India by the end of 2020-2021 (i.e. by March 2021). The capacity of the small-scale solar PV projects will range between 0.5 MW and 10 MW (maximum capacity of 10 MW for each substation). A total of 800 MW will be developed in Maharashtra - EESL has already commissioned 100 MW in this state - while 113 MW will be added in Rajasthan.

In addition, EESL has installed 1.1 million smart meters in the areas of New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Bihar, with a target of installing 250 million smart meters over the next few years.

This article was originally published by Enerdata.