Nextracker, a US-based provider of intelligent solar tracker, said it has signed a master supply agreement with Amara Raja Power Systems to deliver solar trackers for NTPC’s Nokh solar power project. According to the official press release, the
Hyderabad-based power firm, Amara Raja, will execute the 306-MW project as a ground-mounted utility-scale power plant spread over 1,850 hectares in Rajasthan. The release added that Nextracker was chosen for its tracker’s bifacial design that increases energy gain on utility-scale solar power plants. “We are proud to offer this technology to NTPC, and Nextracker is the right local partner to help us achieve lower levelised cost of energy over the lifetime of the plant due to its bifacial optimised design,” said Dwarakanadha Reddy, business head - projects division, Amara Raja.
NTPC has increased its renewable energy investments in recent years and aims to achieve over 60 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2032 accounting for 50 per cent of its overall generation capacity. With the first shipments to arrive in Q1 of 2023, the project is expected to be operational by October 2023.
