{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}} {{refimprove|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Patoda | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Maharashtra, India | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = maharashtra | subdivision_name1 = Maharashtra | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Beed | established_title = | established_date = | government_type = | governing_body = Nagar Panchayat | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_total = 25000 | population_as_of = 2019 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Marathi | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = 414204 | registration_plate = | blank1_info_sec1 = Beed | blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy | blank2_info_sec1 = 95%% | blank3_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency | blank3_info_sec1 = Beed | blank4_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency | blank4_info_sec1 = Ashti Patoda Shirur (K.) | blank5_name_sec1 = CIVIL AGENCY | blank5_info_sec1 = NAGAR PANCHAYAT | blank1_name_sec2 = Climate | blank1_info_sec2 = dry <small>(Köppen)</small> | website = {{URL|http://gppatoda.com/}} }} '''Patoda''' is a tehsil in Beed subdivision of Beed district, Maharashtra state, India. Patoda has historical and cultural importance, and it lies amidst other places of interest to tourists.
==Features== {{anchor|Paramount Solar Park}} Paramount Solar Park is a solar energy park in Patoda. It is the largest private-sector solar park approved by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in India.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://seci.co.in/other_page.php?mmid=4&page=statewise_solar_parks| title=SECI - Statewise Solar Parks| work=Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)| access-date=2018-09-14}}</ref> The park is spread over {{Convert|2600|acre|km2}}. The park is proposed to have a capacity of 500 MW.<ref name=p>{{cite web | url=https://mnre.gov.in/file-manager/akshay-urja/august-2016/14-18.pdf |title=SOLAR PARKS Accelerating the Growth of Solar Power in India |publisher=Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) |date=2016-01-01 |accessdate=2018-09-14}}</ref> Maharashtra has received bids for tariffs of Rs 4.42 per kWh in 2016, and it is expected the rates will decrease by the time K. P. Power – Paramount Solar Park is completed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/solar-projects-in-maharashtra-receive-rs-4-42-per-unit-bid/articleshow/54466458.cms |title=Solar projects in Maharashtra receive Rs 4.42 per unit bid |last=Sengupta |first=Debjoy |date=2016-09-23 |access-date=2016-09-26}}</ref> It has Asia's first peacock sanctuary established in Naygaon. Also there is a famous waterfall at Sautada in Patoda Taluka.
== See also == * Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects * Solar Energy Corporation of India * Ministry of New and Renewable Energy * Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
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