Pioneering Renewable Future

Pioneering Renewable Future

• Gujarat contributes - 15 percent to India’s renewable energy basket.
• Gujarat has the highest solar generation potential in India of around 69,000 MW (Installed capacity: 889 MW as on 31-03-2014)
• Gujarat has Asia’s first and the largest solar park with a capacity of 590 MW at Charanka (274 MW commissioned till May, 2014). The “Solar Park” also has capacity to generate 100MW of Wind Power making it the World’s biggest solar-wind hybrid park.
• Government of India declared Gandhinagar as a “Model Solar City” (5MW Gandhinagar Grld connected Solar rooftop project)*
• Gujarat has initiated the world’s first canal-based solar power project in Mehsana district
• Gujarat has the second largest wind power plant installed capacity 3352 MW as on 31-03-2014) in India. Gujarat has a gross potential of 10,000 MW of wind power generation
• Gujarat is house to India’s first and Asia’s biggest power plant based on biomass gasification
• Gujarat’s long coastline has a potential of tidal based power-project of 200 MW to 300 MW capacity
• Potential Geothermal electricity resources are available in the Cambay basin area