Hatnura is approximately 40 km north of Hyderabad, the capital city of the new state of Telangana. The city was until early 2014 the state capital of Andhra Pradesh, prior to Andhra Pradesh being split into the two states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The Hatnura project was grid-connected in March 2015. The project used First Solar panels and ABB inverters.