Patoda

Patoda is a tehsil in Beed subdivision of Beed district, Maharashtra state, India.

Patoda
City
CountryIndia
maharashtraMaharashtra
DistrictBeed
Government
  BodyNagar Panchayat
Population
 (2019)
  Total25,000
Languages
  OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Literacy95%%
Lok Sabha constituencyBeed
Vidhan Sabha constituencyAshti Patoda Shirur (K.)
CIVIL AGENCYNAGAR PANCHAYAT
Climatedry (Köppen)
Websitegppatoda.com

Features

Paramount Solar Park is a solar energy park in Patoda. It is the largest private-sector solar park approved by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in India.[1] The park is spread over 2,600 acres (11 km2). The park is proposed to have a capacity of 500 MW.[2] Maharashtra has received bids for tariffs of Rs 4.42 per kWh in 2016, and it is expected the rates will decrease by the time K. P. Power – Paramount Solar Park is completed.[3] It has Asia's first peacock sanctuary established in Naygaon. Also there is a famous waterfall at Sautada in Patoda Taluka.

See also

References

  1. "SECI - Statewise Solar Parks". Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. "SOLAR PARKS Accelerating the Growth of Solar Power in India" (PDF). Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. Sengupta, Debjoy (23 September 2016). "Solar projects in Maharashtra receive Rs 4.42 per unit bid". Retrieved 26 September 2016.


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