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PM-SSY — India's Floating Solar Scheme
The Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana is a new central scheme that pays developers to build solar plants on India's reservoirs and industrial ponds, with batteries attached, so that clean capacity can grow without competing for scarce land.
Last updated 3 August 20265 min read
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Cabinet approved a ₹5,070 crore floating-solar scheme: 5,000 MW on water bodies with 10,000 MWh of paired storage, to be sanctioned between 2026-27 and 2030-31.
- PM-SSY
- Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana
- floating solar
- energy storage system
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- National Institute of Solar Energy
- Central Financial Assistance
- Union Cabinet
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