On December 15 2020, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, laid the foundation stone of world's largest Renewable Energy Park in Kutch region of Western Gujarat that is set to produce 30 gigawatts of electricity. This Hybrid Solar-Wind mega-park will build along Indo-Pak border and will spread over 72,600 hectares which is equivalent to the total area of Singapore(72,800 hectares) and bigger than many metro cities. That is MASSIVE !!

Park is divided into two zones:

1) Hybrid Park : 49,600 hectare of land will cover Hybrid Solar-Wind Power Plant.

2) Wind Park : 23,000 hectares of land will be used exclusively for Wind Power Plant

Hybrid Park land has been allotted to following developers:

  • Adani Green : 9,500 MW
  • Sarjan Realities : 4,750 MW
  •  GIPCL : 2,375 MW
  •  GSECL : 3,325 MW
  •  NTPC : 4,750 MW

India has two ambitious targets to be achieved by 2030.  First is the Paris Agreement Signed in 2015, under which India is committed to generate 40 % of it's electricity from non-fossil fuel resources by 2030. Second is India's vision to achieve 450 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030. This Renewable Energy Park will play a key role in achieving both these targets and is a step for Sustainable Future.

As per the All India Installed Capacity Report by CEA(Central Electricity Authority), till November 2020 the total Renewable Installed Capacity of India is 90.399 GW out of which Solar Energy contributes 36.91 GW. Although pandemic slowed down renewable energy sector a bit, India is continuously moving ahead to achieve its ambitious targets.