Kudankulam nuclear power plant to host 50 MW floating solar

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State run Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd (NPCIL) has approached Ciel & Terre for installing a floating solar power plant at its Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP 1&2) in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu..

The region selected is the sea water dyke. The sea water dyke is a shallow water reservoir in a nuclear power plant. Its purpose is separation of inlet water from hot water that exits after cooling the steam condenser.

Ciel & Terre has calculated the potential power generation at the site as around 50 MW.

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