Patoda
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Patoda | |
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City | |
Country | India |
maharashtra | Maharashtra |
District | Beed |
Government | |
• Body | Nagar Panchayat |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 25,000 |
Languages | |
• Official | Marathi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Literacy | 95%% |
Lok Sabha constituency | Beed |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ashti Patoda Shirur (K.) |
CIVIL AGENCY | NAGAR PANCHAYAT |
Climate | dry (Köppen) |
Website | gppatoda |
Patoda is a tehsil in Beed subdivision of Beed district, Maharashtra state, India.
Features
Paramount Solar Park is a solar energy park in Patoda. It is the largest private-sector solar park approved by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in India.[1] The park is spread over 2,600 acres (11 km2). The park is proposed to have a capacity of 500 MW.[2] Maharashtra has received bids for tariffs of Rs 4.42 per kWh in 2016, and it is expected the rates will decrease by the time K. P. Power – Paramount Solar Park is completed.[3] It has Asia's first peacock sanctuary established in Naygaon. Also there is a famous waterfall at Sautada in Patoda Taluka.
See also
- Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects
- Solar Energy Corporation of India
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
References
- ^ "SECI - Statewise Solar Parks". Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "SOLAR PARKS Accelerating the Growth of Solar Power in India" (PDF). Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ Sengupta, Debjoy (23 September 2016). "Solar projects in Maharashtra receive Rs 4.42 per unit bid". Retrieved 26 September 2016.