KUMSP = Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park

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Gani - Sekunala Solar Power project. Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park is a solar park spread over a total area of 5,932.32 acres (24.0072 km2) in Panyam mandal of Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. The project is being implemented by the Andhra Pradesh Solar Power Corporation Private Limited (APSPCL), a joint venture of the Solar Energy Corporation of India, Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation and the New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd.[2]

The park was built at an investment of around ₹7,000 crore (US$1.1 billion) by solar power developers and the Central and State governments. Solar power developers invested ₹6,000 crore (US$930 million), while the remaining ₹1,000 crore (US$160 million) was funded by APSPCL supported by a ₹200 crore (US$31 million) grant from the Union Government.[3]