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Kamuthi Solar Power Project is a solar park spread over an area of 2,500 acres (10 km 2 ) in Kamuthi , 90 km from Madurai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The project was commissioned by Adani Power. [2] With a generating capacity of 648 MW at a single location, it is the world's second largest solar park. ABB commissioned five sub-stations to connect the solar park with the National Grid on 13 June 2016. The Kamuthi Solar Power Project was completed on 21 September 2016 with an investment of around ₹ 4,550 crore (US$710 million). The solar plant consists of 2.5 million solar modules, 380,000 foundations, 27,000 metres of structures, 576 inverters, 154 transformers, and almost 6,000 km of cables. Construction of the structures needed to mount the solar panels required 30,000 tonnes of galvanised steel. Around 8,500 workers installed an average of 11 MW of capacity per day to complete the project within 8 months. The entire solar park is connected to a 400 KV subs...

Kamuthi is about 90 km from Madurai. It belongs to the Mudukulathur Legislative Constituency. As of 2001 India census, Kamuthi had a population of 13,135. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Kamuthi has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 71%. In Kamuthi, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Agriculture and animal breeding are the main businesses of the people of this region. There are 19 schools (9 Primary, 2 upper Primary, 5 Secondary and 3 Higher Secondary schools).one of the important school is K.N.Higher Secondary School total strength of this school 1500(boys),2500(girls).and an Arts and Science College serving the student community in this town. People of Kamuthi give more importance to education. Many Hindu temples are there in Kamuthi. Among them Sri Muthumariamman Temple are bigger ones. Vikasi, Aadi, and Panguni urchavams are celebrated with m...