Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh will house the world's&nbsp;largest 750 Mega Watts(MW) solar power station in Rewa&nbsp;district, state's energy minister Rajendra Shukla said today.&nbsp;
"Global tenders for commissioning the solar power station&nbsp;in an area over 1,500 hectares at Bandwar region in Gudh tehsil of Rewa, will be invited shortly," Shukla told PTI.
He said that if all goes well, the plant will start&nbsp;generating solar energy by March 2017.
The project -- Rewa Ultra Mega Solar -- is a joint venture&nbsp;of Solar Energy Corporation of India and MP Urja Vikas Nigam,&nbsp;where in both parties have 50 per cent stake, he added.
According to him, the project will come up on barren&nbsp;government land and one MW power generation needs two hectares&nbsp;tract of land.
The minister said the cost of generating one MW solar&nbsp;energy comes to around Rs 7.6 crore.
At present, world's largest solar power project -- Ivanpah&nbsp;Solar Power Facility of 392 MW -- is at Mojave deserts in California, United States, the minister informed.&nbsp;
In February last year, Narendra Modi, as BJP's prime&nbsp;ministerial candidate, inaugurated Asia's largest solar&nbsp;power project at Neemuch.&nbsp;As per reports, Welspun's solar power project in Neemuch,&nbsp;some 400 km from here, had come up at a cost of around Rs&nbsp;1,100 crore on 305 hectares of land.

Madhya Pradesh will house the world's&nbsp;largest 750 Mega Watts(MW) solar power station in Rewa&nbsp;district, state's energy minister Rajendra Shukla said today

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