Patoda

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Patoda
City
Patoda
CountryIndia
maharashtra Maharashtra
District Beed
Government
 • Body Nagar Panchayat
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
25,000
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Literacy95%%
Lok Sabha constituencyBeed
Vidhan Sabha constituencyAshti Patoda Shirur (K.)
CIVIL AGENCYNAGAR PANCHAYAT
Climate dry (Köppen)
Website gppatoda.com

Patoda is a tehsil in Beed subdivision of Beed district, Maharashtra state, India. Patoda has historical and cultural importance, and it lies amidst other places of interest to tourists.

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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.

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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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