SAEL to invest ₹1,200 crore in 300 MW solar plant in Kadapa; Lokesh to open unit on May 22

Kadapa:

SAEL Industries Ltd. (SIL) is investing astir ₹1,200 crore to acceptable up different 300 MW star powerfulness works astatine T. Koduru colony successful Kondapuram mandal of Kadapa district. The institution has already invested astir ₹830.40 crore successful a 207.60 MW star powerfulness works astatine Diguvakalvatala colony successful Peddamudium mandal of the aforesaid territory successful February.

The caller works volition beryllium inaugurated by IT Minister Nara Lokesh connected Thursday, (May 22, 2026). District Collector Sridhar Cherukuri, Superintendent of Police Shelke Nachiket Vishwanath and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) zonal coordinator R. Srinivasa Reddy inspected the arrangements astatine the works premises connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026), up of the inauguration.

The institution has acquired 1,542 acres of backstage patta onshore connected a 30-year lease astatine T. Koduru colony nether the Andhra Pradesh Integrated Clean Energy (AP ICE) Policy, 2024. Of the projected 600 MW, astir 507.6 MW has been acceptable up successful Kondapuram and Peddamudium mandals of the district, and the remaining 92.4 MW successful Uyyalawada successful Nandyal district.

The 600-MW star projects are connected to the Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) substation astatine Timmanayunipeta. The projects are expected to make 876 cardinal units of energy a twelvemonth and to chopped 21.6 cardinal tonnes of CO2 emissions implicit 25 years, the institution said.