PM Modi speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for various development projects in Kutch.
Highlight
- The project is in the Kutch region of Gujarat and is spread over 1,80,000 acres
- The park is set to produce a massive 30 gigawatts of electricity: PM Modi
- PM today inaugurated the energy park and an adjacent desalination plant
Ahmedabad:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation for what he said would be the world’s largest renewable energy park, producing a whopping 30 gigawatts of electricity.
The vast project in the Kutch region of western Gujarat, which is spread over 1,80,000 acres, the size of Singapore, will contain solar panels, solar energy storage units and windmills.
“The hybrid renewable energy park will be the largest in the world and will generate 30,000 megawatts of energy,” Prime Minister Modi said when inaugurating the energy park, as well as an adjacent desalination plant.
“Energy security and water security are vital in the 21st century,” Prime Minister Modi said. “The two large projects of the renewable energy park and the desalination plant inaugurated today in Kutch are steps to achieve both.”
The power project in PM Modi’s home state will represent a large part of India’s ambitious goal of generating 175 GW in renewable energy by 2022 and 450 GW by 2030.
PM Modi, 70, said it would also help India reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by up to 50 million tons per year.
The desalination plant will be able to process 100 million liters of water a day for 8 lakh of people living in the arid region.
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