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NTPC shall be setting up Solar Power projects of 50 MW capacity with Battery Energy Storage System at different locations in Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between NTPC , Andaman & Nicobar Administration & MNRE in New Delhi by Subhash Muley, ED(Nuclear and RE), NTPC,Sanjeev Khirwar, IAS, Commissioner cum Secretary(Power), A&N & V.K.Jain, Adviser MNRE in the presence of Shri Upendra Tripathy, IAS, Secretary, MNRE,Gurdeep Singh, CMD NTPC ,A.K.Jha, Director(Technical) and senior officials from MNRE and NTPC.

The power generated from these solar plants shall contribute towards increased Renewable Energy Deployment and Greening of A&N islands.