(ET)
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) will set up a 50 megawatt (MW) solar project in Leh, renewable energy minister R K Singh said while replying to a question on the mega solar power plant being planned for Ladakh. “The government has planned for two solar plants each of 7 MW capacity with 21 MWh battery energy storage system at Leh and Kargil,” Singh said in a written reply in Parliament..Answering a separate question on the total electricity demand, and solar and wind energy potential of Ladakh. The minister said the total peak power demand of the union territory of Ladakh is 50 MW. “Solar and wind energy potential of the union territory has been estimated to be about 60 GW and 100 GW, respectively,” he added.
