FEASIBILITY REPORT

SOLAR PROJECT FEASIBILITY REPORT AT KADIRI SITE IN TALUPULA MANDAL, ANANTAPURAMU DIST., A.P.

SOLAR PROJECT FEASIBILITY REPORT Site Name Kadiri

Mandal Talapula

District Anantapuramu

Capacity 4000 MW

New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of AP. Ltd.

Address: No. 12-464/5/1, River Oaks Apartment, CSR Kalyana Mandapam Road,

Tadepalli, Guntur District - 522 501, Andhra Pradesh. Website: www.nredcap.in

Contact: Mr. K Srinivas, GM - +91 90005 50963

Mr. C B Jagadeeswara Reddy, DGM - +91 94402 66636

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Introduction:

The feasibility studies for installation of ultra-mega solar park in Kadiri site of Talupula

mandal in Anantapuramu District, Andhra Pradesh has been carried out. This report

explains the preliminary observation in selection of site for installation of large scale

solar parks based on topology.

Location:

The proposed solar park details are tabulated below.

Sl No Particulars Description

1 Project Location Kadiri

2 Mandal / District Talupula, Nambulapulikunta/ Anantapuramu

Chakraypeta/ YSR Kadapa

3 State Andhra Pradesh

4 Geographical coordinates 14.179133° 78.356745°

5 Meteorological data source Meteonorm 7.3

6 Land availability 20000 Acres

9 Land quality Mostly barren land with some parts of

agricultural land.

10 Location access • State Highway 34 connecting Kadiri – Raychoti – 11.5 Kms.

• National Highway 205 connecting Anantapuramu – Kadiri – 7 Kms

11 Nearest domestic airport Kadapa – 80 Km.

12 Nearest International

airport

Bengaluru, Karnataka– 172 Kms

13 Nearest railway station Kadiri Railway Station at 25 Kms

14 Nearest port Chennai – 295 Kms

15 Available APTransco

Substations

Existing NP Kunta 4000/220 KV Powergrid

Substation – 10 Kms

Existing Kadapa 400/220 KV Powergrid

Substation – 60 Kms

Table 1: Summary of project details.

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The proposed Kadiri site is located in Talupula and Nambulipulikunta mandals of

Anantapuramu District with Kadapa District as its boundary towards east.

Figure 1: District administration map of Anantapuramu.

Proposed Site Area

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Approach and Logistics:

State highway 59 from Kadiri - Rayachoty is at a distance of 11.5 Kms from nearest

solar block.

State highway 60 connecting Jammalamadugu and Kadiri is at a distance of 7 kms

from nearest solar block.

State highway 365 connecting Kadiri and Idupulapaya is passing through the site.

Route map of the site is given in figure below:

Figure 2: Route map of Kadiri site

The proposed site is spread across stretch of 07 villages with 04 villages in Talupula

mandal, 02 villages in Nambulipulikunta mandal of Anantapuramu District and 01

village in Chakrayapeta mandal of YSR Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh.

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Satellite image showing the above village boundaries is given in figure below:

Figure 3: Satellite image of Kadiri site

The total land availability in the above mentioned villages is around 61,944 Acres which

includes open land, hills, habitations, streams, and roads. Table below shows the

complete extent of land available at each village including habitation, forest land, open

lands, hills, rivers, and streams.

Sl

No

Village Mandal Assigned Government Private Grand Total

1 Talupula Talupula 1239 1040 6493 8773

2 Vepamanipeta Talupula 811 1636 5673 8121

3 Peddannavaripalli Talupula 3645 22 6600 10324 20592

4 Puligundlapalli Talupula 407 503 2316 3226

5 Velichelimala Nambulapulikunta 907 2591 6933 10432

6 Gowkannapalli Nambulapulikunta 900 1642 3215 5758

7 Kallurupalle Chakrayapeta 404 1903 2732 5039

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Total 8315 22 15917 37690 61944

Table 2: Summary of extent of land at villages.

Topographical analysis has been done considering the 5 meter contour interval and

drainage network of the above mentioned villages and found that out of 61,944 acres

available, about 20,000 Acres of land will be useful for solar park after leaving forest

land, village habitations, streams and wind turbines.

However, the exact village wise land extent and land classifications for the project can

be known by detailed survey and digital mapping.

Topology:

From the contour drawing it is understood that land available in the above said villages

are mostly plain with streams towards east side.

Contour map of the proposed site is given below:

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Figure 4: Contour map of Kadiri site

Boundary coordinates of the proposed solar park is given in annexure. Figure below

shows the useful area of the proposed solar park leaving the village habitations, hill

areas, forest and streams.

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Figure 5: Useful area for solar project

Water Source:

Water required to meet the solar park operations can be met by laying pipelines from

Veligallu reservoir, which is about 15 Kms from the nearest solar park block. The gross

storage of Veligallu reservoir is 4.64 TMC. There are also some storage check dams

available within the site. Additional options for water supply and storage can be

explored by conducting detailed Hydrological Studies.

Energy Estimates:

For the proposed Ultra Mega solar park area, annual energy production has been

estimated using PVsyst 7.0.5 simulation software for multi-crystalline PV modules of

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REC Solar 350Wp and irradiation data from Meteonorm 7.3. The table below shows

the simulation results of Annual energy production.

Month GlobHor

kWh/m2

DiffHor

kWh/m2

T_Amb oC

EArray

MWh

E_Grid

MWh

CUF

%

January 164 51 25 20102 19866 27.59%

February 167 52 27 19342 19116 28.45%

March 187 77 31 20064 18074 24.29%

April 187 81 32 18976 18747 26.04%

May 185 95 32 18171 17957 24.14%

June 155 80 29 15092 14903 20.70%

July 148 87 29 14694 14507 19.50%

August 150 88 28 15292 14096 18.95%

September 148 76 28 15749 15553 21.60%

October 146 76 27 16383 16177 21.74%

November 139 61 25 16538 16332 22.68%

December 147 55 24 18222 15012 20.18%

Total 1920 878 28 208625 200340 22.99%

Table 3: Annual Energy Generation Estimates of Kadiri site

The annual CUF for typical 100 MW block of solar park at P90 is estimated at 22.49%

per year with the annual generation of 1,96,512 MWh which is matching with the

generation results of existing solar parks in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Conclusion:

From the initial study, it is found that the proposed site at Kadiri is best fit for setting up

the Ultra Mega Solar Park.

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Annexure

Boundary Coordinates of Kadiri site

Block Easting Northing Zone Block Easting Northing Zone

I 203060 1577063 44P

IV

218088 1575862 44P

204624 1576809 44P 218753 1576251 44P

204946 1576954 44P 218751 1576252 44P

204951 1577246 44P 218486 1576484 44P

205172 1577549 44P 218611 1576936 44P

204974 1578044 44P 218312 1577973 44P

204991 1578366 44P 219025 1578429 44P

204887 1578468 44P 219175 1578199 44P

204876 1579163 44P 219420 1577877 44P

204560 1579290 44P 219987 1577549 44P

203742 1579385 44P 220622 1577535 44P

202835 1579511 44P 220554 1577328 44P

202443 1579119 44P 220543 1576943 44P

201882 1578998 44P 220419 1576462 44P

201321 1579038 44P 220005 1576224 44P

201726 1578408 44P 219424 1576070 44P

201837 1577923 44P 218817 1575736 44P

201290 1577511 44P 218669 1575642 44P

203060 1577063 44P 219469 1575263 44P

219520 1575020 44P

II 208695 1576681 44P 219055 1574598 44P

209211 1576580 44P 219544 1574520 44P

209629 1576650 44P 219458 1574111 44P

209942 1576931 44P 218235 1573558 44P

209758 1577303 44P 216756 1573837 44P

209390 1577580 44P 215826 1574308 44P

208864 1577587 44P 215798 1574147 44P

208617 1577471 44P 215941 1573401 44P

208365 1577562 44P 215909 1573224 44P

208004 1577913 44P 215658 1572998 44P

207703 1578269 44P 215768 1572582 44P

207493 1578457 44P 216277 1572772 44P

207317 1578597 44P 216766 1572734 44P

206992 1578528 44P 216599 1572422 44P

206528 1578170 44P 216280 1571829 44P

206409 1578238 44P 216330 1571645 44P

206623 1578752 44P 216258 1571178 44P

206577 1578926 44P 216359 1570850 44P

206266 1578880 44P 216371 1569822 44P

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206082 1578880 44P

IV

216569 1569198 44P

205867 1578964 44P 216459 1568797 44P

205803 1578602 44P 216405 1568497 44P

216111 1568282 44P

III 210435 1580706 44P 215728 1568474 44P

210752 1581109 44P 215347 1568286 44P

210919 1581126 44P 214687 1568854 44P

211162 1581001 44P 214569 1568338 44P

211680 1580672 44P 213922 1568243 44P

212883 1580439 44P 213879 1567893 44P

213284 1580397 44P 213034 1568348 44P

213292 1580169 44P 212134 1568237 44P

213477 1580005 44P 211754 1568835 44P

213367 1579683 44P 212516 1569267 44P

213107 1579514 44P 212836 1568820 44P

212640 1579443 44P 213080 1568624 44P

211772 1579294 44P 213445 1568689 44P

211670 1579569 44P 213445 1568689 44P

211277 1579808 44P 213488 1568952 44P

210943 1579926 44P 213940 1569167 44P

210661 1579899 44P 213601 1569593 44P

213510 1570182 44P

IV 213296 1578518 44P 214226 1571343 44P

213659 1578808 44P 213806 1572325 44P

213924 1578928 44P 212859 1574253 44P

214076 1578844 44P 212167 1574798 44P

214634 1578840 44P 211488 1575011 44P

214978 1578611 44P 212621 1576271 44P

215004 1578385 44P 213460 1575702 44P

215417 1577728 44P 214200 1574768 44P

215789 1577487 44P 214414 1574816 44P

215743 1576647 44P 214138 1577139 44P

216257 1576558 44P 213332 1577589 44P 213216 1577647 44P