Chinese firm to set up solar power plant in Andhra Pradesh

Tribune News Service

Hyderabad, November 18

Trina Solar, a leading Chinese solar power equipment manufacturer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Government for setting up a solar power plant with an investment of Rs. 2,800 crore.

The proposed plant will come up at Atchutapuram in the coastal district of Visakhapatnam. The MoU was signed by SS Rawat, Andhra Pradesh's secretary for industries, and Chen Shou Chung, vice-president of Trina Solar, in the presence of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada.

Welcoming the development, the Chief Minister said the proposed solar plant would give a huge fillip to the energy-efficient practices promoted by the state government and would create 3,500 jobs.

Trina Solar is one the world's leading companies that specialises in the manufacture of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and system integration. It also develops and produces ingots, wafers, solar cells and solar modules.