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Lightsource BP completes first Indian solar project

Published 18/06/2018, 09:00 pm
Lightsource BP completes first Indian solar project
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LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) -

* UK-based Lightsource BP , Europe's biggest solar energy developer, has completed its first big solar project in India, it said on Monday.

* The project in the Indian state of Maharashtra can generate 60 megawatts (MW) of electricity at its peak, enough to power around 20,000 homes.

* India is one of the fastest-growing markets for clean energy.

* The project was financed in partnership with UK Climate Investments - a joint venture between Macquarie MQG.AX owned Green Investment Group and the British government's Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy.

* The company did not reveal any details on the cost of the project.

* Oil major BP BP.L acquired a 43 percent stake in Lightsource last year.

* India currently has around 60 gigawatts (GW) of installed renewable capacity, but plans to add a further 115 GW by 2022, which could cost $125 billion.

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