New Delhi, June 9 -- In a major step towards enhancing energy security, promoting renewable energy and ensuring optimum utilisation of vacant defence land, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the establishment of a 250 MW Solar Power Project with Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Sitapur (Ex-Cantonment), Uttar Pradesh, on approximately 850 acres of vacant defence land.

According to an official release from the Defence Ministry, this is the first-of-its-kind project undertaken by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), involving the development of a large-scale solar power generation facility with integrated BESS support on defence land.

The initiative reflects the Government's commitment towards clean energy, sustainability and red...