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ABHISHEK KUMAR (110064)
ESHA PRIYA (110079)
KUMARI SNEHA (110084)
VAIBHAV RAJ (110116)
MADHURENDRA PATHAK (100016)
Index
1. Executive summary
2. Introduction
3. Objectives
4. Project objectives
5. Project scope
6. Milestones
7. Project approach
8. Responsibility matrix
9. Scheduling
10. Resources
13. Recommendations
15. Conclusion
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Executive Summary
The main purpose of this project activity is to generate clean form of electricity through
renewable solar energy source for sale of electricity to the grid. Adani Group is the promoter
of the proposed project activity and is the holding company of both the project investors in
This project “Kamuthi Solar Power Project” outlines WBS of pre- construction, installation,
inspection and post inspection. It also includes resources, work force and certain cost
associated with developing this project. The solar panels, inverters and robotic system to
clean solar panels without the use of water were procured from 8 different countries, i.e:
The project activity involves installation of 648 MWp solar power project in Tamil Nadu.
The project started in the month of July 2019 aiming to setup 2.5 million solar plants in the
Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu to produce renewable energy that will be supplied to
the national grid, lighting more than 350,000 homes within next 8 months. It also involves
various quality management techniques which includes the pull out test for the piles to make
sure it remains intact in case of any natural calamity, installation of SCADA system, lead by
ABB team.
It’s December 2019 and the project is in construction phase. Now it has become a huge
challenge for the Adani Group to finish the project on time as it is currently raining night and
day at Ramanathapuram already taken the shape of flood due to which the work at the plant is
currently stopped. It has been forecasted that it will rain throughout whole December,
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Introduction
Kamuthi Solar Power Project is a photovoltaic power station spread over an area of 2,500
acres (10 km2) in Kamuthi, Ramanathapuram district, 90 km from Madurai, in the state
of Tamil Nadu, India. The project was commissioned by Adani Power. With a generating
capacity of 648 MWp at a single location, it will be going to be world's eleventh largest solar
ABB commissioned five sub-stations to connect the solar park with the National Grid on 13
June 2019. The Kamuthi Solar Power Project is estimated to be completed by 31st March
2019 with an investment of around ₹4,550 crore (equivalent to ₹49 billion or US$710 million
in 2018). The solar plant consists of 2.5 million solar modules, 380,000 foundations, 27,000
cables. Construction of the structures needed to mount the solar panels required 30,000
The entire solar park is connected to a 400 kV substation of the Tamil Nadu Transmission
Corp. The solar panels are cleaned daily by a self-charged robotic system.
Given the solar resource of around 2100 kWh/(m2*yr) an annual generation of 1.35 TWh/yr
may be possible. This corresponds to a capacity factor (or average power) of 24% of the peak
capacity 648 MWp. Assuming a technical life time of 25 years the investment cost is
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Objectives:
The objectives of a solar power plant project could be numerous. It mainly aims to:
• Improve the standard of life and alleviate rural impoverishment within the un-
energized and off-grid areas by providing the four basic desires like lights, education,
recreation, and communication through the cheap and reliable supply of energy - star.
solutions for areas not possible for grid connection/extension in partnership with the
• Increase productivity, promote support and social interaction within the community
• Apply solar power technology because of the enabling technology for property
development.
Project objective:
The objective of this project is to provide 648 MW of renewable and clean energy to 350,000
Group objective:
As it’s raining night and day in Tamil Nadu, the project currently is at halt (December 2019).
The group objective is to find measures with which the company could be able to complete
Project Scope:
• 380,000 foundations
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• 27000 meters of structures made from 30,000 tonnes of galvanised steel
• 576 inverters
• 6000 km of cables
• 8500 workers
• Approvals
Milestones
project. The milestones should represent a clear sequence of events that incrementally
build up until your project is complete. The project will only be successful if there will
be desired occupancy rate and will reflect in profit earned. The project is to be
completed in 240 days. Based on Adani Group’s estimated time it takes to complete
• Pre-construction- 29-06-2019
• Inspection- 27-01-2020
Project Approach
The company after planning, approached this project by looking for huge sum of land at one
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single location. According to the plans, Adani group needed to procure 2500 acres of land,
prone to sunlight, having ease of transportation for procurement of raw materials. The search
for the company ended 90 km away from Madhurai, in the district of Ramanathapuram, at
• The port was closer to the location so transportation facility was also available.
The company started to procure machinery and all the materials and equipments required for
setting up the plant from different countries. The site ground was leveled and the installation
of piles & modules was started. Simultaneously the micro-inverters were getting installed for
which 144 pre-engineered building were made. By the end of October there was only 178
days remaining for the deadline but the team had hardly managed to installed solar panels to
The work is expected to start by the end of December and the company would have to
install enough solar panels to generate 13 MW of power each day to meet the deadline.
Responsibility Matrix
Executive S S A A A
Summary
Objectives S A S S A
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Project Scope A S S A S
Milestones A A A S S
Project Approach A S A A A
WBS S S S A A
Project Costing S S A A S
Project Risk A A S S S
Analysis
Recommendations A S S A A
Conclusion S A A A S
*A = Allotted
*S = Supported
The resources in Table 1 include human resources and non-human resources necessary to
complete the identified tasks. The person identified as the person responsible is the lead in
the project and is responsible for overall tasks. Tasks that do not reflect a human resource
Scheduling
Project scheduling is a mechanism to communicate what tasks need to get done and which
project schedule is a document collecting all the work needed to deliver the project on time.
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The scheduling for the installation of the project has been divided into two phases, i.e. before
flood and after flood. The scheduling has been done by taking the on time completion of the
Figure 1 represents the tasks and time necessary to complete the project:
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The scheduling for installation and procurement has been divided into two parts because of
heavy rain. It has been forecasted that it will continue to rain throughout December. Major
chunk of the work is excepted to be done once the water is been discharged from the site. The
There are 2500 skilled and unskilled workers having eight-hour workday, seven days
a week for the first phase of installation. But for the second phase, the work force is estimated
to get almost 3 times, i.e. around 8500 working in 3 shifts, i.e. 24 hrs./day.
Resources
Resources are required to carry out the project tasks. They can be people, equipment,
facilities, funding, or anything else capable of definition (usually other than labour) required
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The given figure shows the resources used in the project:
The reasons so few projects materialize are many; ranging from inexperience at the hand
of the developer, to site-specific problems, technical issues, and regulatory problems and
permitting issues — all affect the financial and technical viability of a project. In the end,
failure to develop projects at some point in the development process comes at considerable
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cost for the project developer as well as the solar industry as a whole.
The risks affecting solar projects appear throughout the entire project lifetime, but vary
• Construction risk: Risk of property damage or liability stemming from errors during
• Company risk: Risk affecting the viability of the project developer, for example,
risks related to key personnel, financial solidity and technical ability to execute on
plans.
• Market risk: Risk of a cost increases for key input factors such as labor or modules,
• Operational risk: Risk of unscheduled plant closure due to the lack of resources,
• Technology risk: Risk of components generating less electricity over time than
expected.
• Political and regulatory risk: Risk of a change in policy that may affect the
profitability of the project, for example changes in levels of tax credit or RPS targets.
• Climate and weather risk: Risk of changes in electricity generation due to lack of
• Sabotage, terrorism and theft risk: Risk that all or parts of the solar park will be
subject to sabotage, terrorism or theft and thus generate less electricity than planned
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Project Cost
The Project Costs are any expenditures made or estimated to be made, or monetary
obligations incurred or estimated to be incurred to complete the project, which are listed in a
project baseline. Due to high quality standards and prestige of company associated with the
project, also the cost that would incur to mitigate the damage done by Flood, It would cost
around Rs. 4550 crore for the completion of the project. The given figure is the cost involved:
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Recommendations
Tracking progress
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Conclusion
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