Solar projects- Gujarat tops with an proposed investment of $2.4 bn

The Gujarat government has approved 34 solar power projects at an investment of Rs.12,000 crore (Rs.120 billion/$2.4 billion) over the next few years, to rank it the top Indian state for this clean energy.

'The projects will add 716 MW to our state electricity grid. This is 2-3 percent of the power requirement,' said a senior official with the state government-run Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA)

Solar power plants would generate 1,250 million units of eco-friendly energy every year. 'We will thus avoid the use of 875,000 tonnes of coal on an annual basis and 1.25 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emission.'

The developer and the generation (in MW) from each project is:

Solar Photovoltaic Projects (365)

-AES Solar Energy P. Ltd, US (15)

-Astonfield Solar (Gujarat), US (25)

-Azure Power Ltd. US (15)

-Common Wealth Business Technologies, UK (10)

-Dreisatz GmbH, Germany (25)

-Environmental Systems Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai (5)

-Euro Solar Ltd., Bhachau (5)

-JSW Energy, Mumbai (5)

-KRIBHCO, Surat (5)

-Lanco Solar P. Ltd. Hyderabad (35)

-Mi GmbH, Germany (25)

-Millennium Synergy Ltd., Bangalore (10)

-Moser Baer Ltd. Noida (15)

-PLG Power Ltd., Nashik (40)

-Precious Energy Ltd. (Moser Bear) New Delhi (15)

-Solar Semiconductor P. Ltd. Hyderabad (20)

-Solitaire Energies Ltd, (Moser Bear) New Delhi (15)

-Sunkon Energy P. Ltd. Surat (10)

-Tathith Energies US (5)

-Top Sun Energy Ltd., Gandhinagar (5)

-Torrent Power Ltd., Ahmedabad (25)

-Unity Power Ltd. (Videocon Group), Aurangabad (5)

-Waree Energies Ltd. Surat (20)

-Zeba Solar, Portugal (10)

Solar Thermal Projects (351)

-ACME Telepower Ltd.Gurgaon (46)

-Adani Power Ltd., Ahmedabad (40)

-Cargo Motors, Delhi (25)

-Electrotherm Ltd., Ahmedabad (40)

-Abengoa Ltd., Spain (40)

-IDFC, Delhi (10)

-KG Design Services P. Ltd., Coimbatore (10)

-Sun Borne Energy Technologies Gujarat (50)

-NTPC, New Delhi (50)

-Welspun Urja Ltd. Ahmedabad (40)