Two of India’s Power firms, Coal India Solar Energy
Corporation of India have signed an agreement for setting up of solar power
plants of total 1000 MW capacity in different parts of the country.
In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Coal and Power
Minister Piyush Goyal said CIL has signed MoU with Solar Energy Corporation of
India (SECI) to install 1,000 MW solar power plants in the solar parks in
different parts of India including Andhra Pradesh and Telengana to be
identified by SECI, in a phased manner.
The minister further said that CIL has already
installed 2.2 MW solar power projects in two of its subsidiaries i.e 2.00 MW in
MCL (Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd) and 0.20 MW in Central Mine Planning & Design
Institute Limited (CMPDI) to curb carbon emissions.
He further said that Coal India is a mining company
and does not use coal for industrial purpose like power generation. However,
extraction of coal has some effect on environment in terms of dust, air
pollution, water pollution and land degradation.
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