Bhubaneswar: CESC is investing Rs 4500 crore in Odisha to set up a solar cell and solar module manufacturing facility.
The project will come up in Dhenkanal. It will include, in phases, a 3 GW solar cell, a 3 GW solar module, an advanced chemistry battery cell pack of 5 GW and advanced solar components, and a 60 MW captive power plant.
The project will be carried out by CESC Green Power, which received the in-principle approval from the Odisha government last week.
The Odisha plan will supplement CESC’s foray into the renewable energy segment.
CESC has already commissioned a 1 GW solar module manufacturing site in Jaipur and a 3 GW solar cell manufacturing unit in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Area in Uttar Pradesh.