The Megha power plant is being constructed as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the Indian government’s ongoing program for promoting solar power. The program envisages installing up to 20 GW of solar power capacity in India by 2022.
Earlier this year Siemens received an order to supply UVAC 2010 solar receivers for the Abhijeet power plant in Rajasthan. Additionally Siemens has been awarded in January 2012 three orders to supply a total of four steam turbine generator units for solar thermal power plants in the same state.