Itanagar, July 22 -- India's first fully indigenous geothermal power plant will be established in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Tuesday.

The 50-kilowatt plant, designed to operate at a low temperature of 68 degrees Celsius, will be developed jointly by the Centre for Earth Sciences and Himalayan Studies (CESHS) and the Shriram Institute for Industrial Research (SIIR) under a memorandum of understanding signed between the two institutions.

According to Rupankar Rajkhowa, Geoscience Chief at CESHS, the project will be set up in Tawang district, with Mago, Thingbu, and Damteng identified as potential sites.

He said structural mapping and preliminary research have already been completed. The project is expected to be completed in th...