SJVN, Damodar Valley Corporation ink MoU for solar energy projects

Tribune News Service

Shimla, December 24

The SJVN Limited has inked a memorandum of understanding with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for harnessing potential solar energy of about 2,000-MW available under the DVC Command Area. SJVN and DVC will jointly identify suitable water bodies and available land under the SJVN and the DVC command area for setting up renewable power projects.

The MoU was signed by Akhileshwar Singh, Director (Finance), SJVN, and M Raghuram, Member (Technical) Damodar Valley Corporation. Recently, at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26), Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken about India’s intent of generating 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030.