CASE STUDY
SOLAR POWER FACILITY FOR KONARK GUJARAT PV POWER PVT. LTD., GUJARAT
OWNER
Konark Gujarat PV Power Pvt. Ltd.
LOCATION
Shivalakha, Gujarat
CONNECTION TYPE
Grid connected
PROJECT
5 MW
MODULE TYPE
Polycrystalline – 220-245Wp
INSTALLER
Vikram Solar Limited
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RATED SYSTEM POWER
5 MW
INVERTER
Solar Grid Connected Inverter: 10 nos.
NUMBER OF MODULES
24.432
COORDINATES
Latitude: 23˚22'01.07" N; Longitude: 70˚37'37.83" E
CO2 SAVINGS PER ANNUM (APPROX.)
7,685,033.6 kgs/yr
SPACE COVERAGE
27 Acres
ANNUAL ENERGY YIELD
9,606,292 kWh
NUMBER OF AVG. HOMES POWERED
1250
PROJECT USP
Vikram Solar was commissioned to manufacture and supply high quality Solar PV modules to the 5 megawatt solar power plant set up by Konark Gujarat PV Pvt. Ltd. at Bachchau in Gujarat, India. The EPC contract for this project was also given to Vikram Solar along with the responsibility to oversee the operations and maintenance of the facility.
CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS
It was imperative that the developer would have to pay equal attention to the selection of the balance of system components, ensure design optimisation and select the right EPC contractors to ensure build quality and high plant uptimes.
PLANNING & EXECUTION
The 5 MW Konark Gujarat solar power plant commissioned by Vikram Solar generated 9361 MWh of solar power during the first year giving a per megawatt output of 1872 MWh and Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) of 21.3%. The plant was set up using polycrystalline silicon modules manufactured by Vikram Solar and the design used fixed tilt of the modules structure. The solar power generated from this facility is sold to the Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA) under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA).
RESULTS
“Sunrise in Gujarat”, a report by RESolve Energy Consultants, Chennai, established that the 5 MW solar power plant set up by Konark Gujarat PV Pvt. Ltd. whose modules were manufactured and supplied by Vikram Solar, ranked first amongst 50 solar power plants set up in Gujarat in the same year. A total of 50 plants aggregating 665.64 MW were ranked based on their annual yield (MWh/MW) in this research report. Ranking of the power plants had been done on the basis of Plant Load Factor (PLF) or Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF). This has been one of the greatest milestones in Vikram Solar’s history of success and excellence.
