Solar power in Gujarat

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Solar power in Gujarat, a state of India, is a fast developing industry given that the large state is mostly arid. It was one of the first states to develop solar generation capacity in India.

Solar Power in Gujarat
Astonfield 12.3 MW solar plant
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CountryIndia
LocationGujarat
Coordinates23°54′11″N 71°12′06″E / 23.903056°N 71.201667°E / 23.903056; 71.201667
StatusOperational
Power generation
Nameplate capacity7180 MW

As of 31 March 2022, total installed solar power generation capacity of the state was 7,180 MW.[1]

State solar policy edit

As of 30th of June 2022, Gujarat has an installed capacity of 19,414 MW of renewable energy, and includes 9419.42 MW of wind power, 7806.80 MW of solar power, 1990 MW of large hydro power, 109.26 MW of bio power and 89.39 MW from small hydro power.[2]

Under the Scheme for Development of solar parks and Ultra-mega Solar Power Projects is underway with a target of setting up to 40,000 MW of Solar capacity.[2]

In addition to the existing solar power policy, the state has also come out with a solar-wind hybrid policy, looking to establish four-five such parks with at least 2000 MW capacity.[3]

Total installed solar power generation capacity of the state increased from 4,431 MW in March 2021[4] to 7,180 MW in March 2022.[1]

Rooftop solar edit

As of 30 June 2021, Gujarat has a total installed rooftop solar capacity of 1.27 GW with more than 2 lakh homes with installations.[5] Gujarat is a top performing state in India in respect to rooftop solar.[6]

Location of Solar parks edit

Solar power plants across the state[7][8]
Location District Site co-ordinates Nominal Power (MWp) Production
(Annual GW·h)
Developer Notes
Bhersam Bharuch 21°46′12.5″N 72°50′26.0″E / 21.770139°N 72.840556°E / 21.770139; 72.840556 6 - KPI Green Energy
Khavda Kachchh 24°02′15.1″N 69°32′28.6″E / 24.037528°N 69.541278°E / 24.037528; 69.541278 240 - KPI Green Energy
Ora Bharuch 21°51′23.2″N 72°53′18.1″E / 21.856444°N 72.888361°E / 21.856444; 72.888361 30 - KPI Green Energy
Ochhan Bharuch 21°59′14.7″N 73°02′00.5″E / 21.987417°N 73.033472°E / 21.987417; 73.033472 17 - KPI Green Energy
Sarod Bharuch 22°09′49.7″N 72°44′39.0″E / 22.163806°N 72.744167°E / 22.163806; 72.744167 16 - KPI Green Energy
Samoj Bharuch 22°09′06.8″N 72°43′41.4″E / 22.151889°N 72.728167°E / 22.151889; 72.728167 56 - KPI Green Energy
Shahpura Bharuch 21°52′28.2″N 73°06′32.0″E / 21.874500°N 73.108889°E / 21.874500; 73.108889 19.8 - KPI Green Energy
Bhensali Bharuch 21°43′13.6″N 72°44′46.9″E / 21.720444°N 72.746361°E / 21.720444; 72.746361 5.2 - KPI Green Energy
Jhanor Bharuch 21°50′8.8″N 73°07′01.6″E / 21.835778°N 73.117111°E / 21.835778; 73.117111 2.7 - KPI Green Energy
Tanchha Bharuch 21°53′50.9″N 72°54′11.3″E / 21.897472°N 72.903139°E / 21.897472; 72.903139 17 - KPI Green Energy
Vagra Bharuch 21°50′16.3″N 72°50′34.7″E / 21.837861°N 72.842972°E / 21.837861; 72.842972 10.5 - KPI Green Energy
Muler Bharuch 21°52′23.5″N 72°40′49.5″E / 21.873194°N 72.680417°E / 21.873194; 72.680417 9.9 - KPI Green Energy
Kurchan Bharuch 21°54′23.8″N 72°57′53.0″E / 21.906611°N 72.964722°E / 21.906611; 72.964722 18 - KPI Green Energy
Vedcha Bharuch 22°00′32.7″N 72°56′32.2″E / 22.009083°N 72.942278°E / 22.009083; 72.942278 21.5 - KPI Green Energy
Sudi Bharuch 21°53′30″N 72°53′55″E / 21.89167°N 72.89861°E / 21.89167; 72.89861 100 - KPI Green Energy
Jafrabad Amreli 20°52′34″N 71°16′57″E / 20.87611°N 71.28250°E / 20.87611; 71.28250 (Jafrabad Solar Park) 5 8.322 Sunkon Energy [9]
Wadgam Anand 22°19′12″N 72°25′48″E / 22.32000°N 72.43000°E / 22.32000; 72.43000 (Wadgam Solar Park) 15 25.846 Acme Tele Power
Isanpur Anand 22°28′51″N 72°31′25″E / 22.48083°N 72.52361°E / 22.48083; 72.52361 (Isanpur Solar Park) 1 1.533 Harsha Engineers
Gunthawada[10][11][12][13] Banaskantha 23°55′07″N 71°56′28″E / 23.91861°N 71.94111°E / 23.91861; 71.94111 (Precious Solar Park)[14] 15.2 26.28 Precious (Moser Baer) Commissioned 11 October 2011
Gunthawada[10][11][12][13] Banaskantha 23°54′40″N 71°55′52″E / 23.91111°N 71.93111°E / 23.91111; 71.93111 (Solitaire Solar Park)[14] 15 25.9 Solitaire (Moser Baer) Commissioned 11 October 2011, with Precious cost Rs 465 crore, area 305 acre, 236,000 Thin Film modules[15]
Dhanera Banaskantha 24°31′27″N 72°12′12″E / 24.52417°N 72.20333°E / 24.52417; 72.20333 (Dhanera Solar Park) 25 45.377 Sand Land Real Estate
Bharuch 1 MBH Power
Gandhinagar 1 GSEC-TPS
Gandhinagar 1 PDPU-GPCL-GEDA 250 kW from Thin-Film, 750 kW from Poly-crystalline solar cells.
Mithapur Jamnagar 22°36′N 72°07′E / 22.600°N 72.117°E / 22.600; 72.117 (Mithapur Solar Power Plant) 25.0 Tata Power Commissioned 25 January 2012
Shiloj Junagadh 22°49′09″N 71°00′32″E / 22.81917°N 71.00889°E / 22.81917; 71.00889 (Mithapur Solar Power Plant)[16] 10 19.585 Mono Steel Solar Output decreases 0.7%/year from 20 GWh
Bitta[17] Kutch 23°15′46″N 69°01′27″E / 23.26278°N 69.02417°E / 23.26278; 69.02417 (Bitta Solar Park)[18] 40.0 66.576 Adani Power Completed January 2012 using 400,000 modules.[19] Completed in 150 days at a cost of Rs 400 crore.[20] (6760 million INR) 100 MW planned
Shivlakha Kutch 5 Backbone
Bhuj Kutch 1 Essar Power
Panandhro Kutch 5 GMDC
Pratapgarh Kutch 23°21′59″N 70°44′41″E / 23.36639°N 70.74472°E / 23.36639; 70.74472 (Pratapgarh Solar Park)[21] 9 13.451 Integrated Coal Mining (ICML) 0.5 MW Amorphous Si, 0.5 MW CdTe, 8 MW Crystalline Si
Shivlakha Kutch 23°21′54″N 70°37′26″E / 23.36500°N 70.62389°E / 23.36500; 70.62389 (Konark Solar Park)[22] 5 8.87 Konark Gujarat Vikram Solar
Shivlakha Kutch 23°19′28″N 70°24′01″E / 23.32444°N 70.40028°E / 23.32444; 70.40028 (Shivlakha Solar Park)[23] 20 30.835 Solar Semiconductor
Karmaria Kutch 23°12′34″N 70°13′56″E / 23.20944°N 70.23222°E / 23.20944; 70.23222 (Karmaria Solar Park)[24] 15.401 21.108 Sun Borne Solar World SW-230, cost 2102 million Rs, output is derated 1%/year
Khirsara Kutch 23°21′32″N 70°03′14″E / 23.35889°N 70.05389°E / 23.35889; 70.05389 (Khirsara Solar Park)[25] 5 8.147 Unity Power SF-145-L 145Wp Copper Indium Selenide
Khirsara Kutch 23°21′37″N 70°03′15″E / 23.36028°N 70.05417°E / 23.36028; 70.05417 (Welspun Solar Park) 15 Welspun Urja Gujarat
Narmada Canal - Chandrasan Mehsana 1 GSEC-Canal
Charanka Patan 213.9 Consists of 31 projects Commissioned 19 April 2012
Patan 5 Jaihind Projects
Bhadrada Patan 23°40′57″N 71°46′30″E / 23.68250°N 71.77500°E / 23.68250; 71.77500 (Bhadrada Solar Park) 5.001 7.963 Lanco Solar 21,740 230 Wp Poly Si panels
Chadiyana Patan 23°41′32″N 71°34′01″E / 23.69222°N 71.56694°E / 23.69222; 71.56694 (Chadiyana Solar Park) 15 23.955 Lanco Solar 5 MW from 20,647 230W Poly Silicon and 2,464 102W thin film; 10 MW from multi crystalline Si 230W and 235W panels[26]
Dahisar Patan 20 PLG Photovoltaic
Hilabeli Porbandar 21°57′24″N 71°19′44″E / 21.95667°N 71.32889°E / 21.95667; 71.32889 (Hilabeli Solar Park) 10 17 GHI Energy fixed tilt mounted at 20° angle[27]
Kerala & Bapodar Porbandar 21°37′39″N 69°49′57″E / 21.62750°N 69.83250°E / 21.62750; 69.83250 (Kerala & Bapodar Solar Park)[28] 20 35.425 Hiraco Renewable Energy
Bapodar Porbandar 21°37′39″N 69°49′57″E / 21.62750°N 69.83250°E / 21.62750; 69.83250 (Bapodar Solar Park) 15 27.265 Moser Baer 125,100 80W First Solar and 13,490 370W MBSL panels, 18 880 kW Sunny Central SMA-800 inverters
Dhank Rajkot 21°46′17″N 70°05′04″E / 21.77139°N 70.08444°E / 21.77139; 70.08444 (APCA Power Solar Park) 5 8.699 APCA Power
Dhank Rajkot 21°46′35″N 70°04′47″E / 21.77639°N 70.07972°E / 21.77639; 70.07972 (Aravali Solar Park)[29] 5 8.02 Aravali Infrapower
Dhank Rajkot 21°43′56″N 70°06′07″E / 21.73222°N 70.10194°E / 21.73222; 70.10194 (Dhank Solar Park)[30] 10 17.678 CBC Solar
Dhank Rajkot 21°43′56″N 70°06′07″E / 21.73222°N 70.10194°E / 21.73222; 70.10194 (Ganeshvani Solar Park)[31] 5 8.839 Ganeshvani Merchandise
Mervadar and Dhank Rajkot 21°43′56″N 70°06′07″E / 21.73222°N 70.10194°E / 21.73222; 70.10194 (Ganges Solar Park) 15 Ganges Entertainment
Mervadar Rajkot 21°44′11″N 70°07′12″E / 21.73639°N 70.12000°E / 21.73639; 70.12000 (Mervadar Solar Park)[32] 10 17.835 GreenInfra[33] Cost Rs 130 crore, First Solar thin film
Bhatkota Sabarkantha 23°33′35″N 73°17′08″E / 23.55972°N 73.28556°E / 23.55972; 73.28556 (Abellon Solar Park) 3 Abellon Cleanenergy Constructed by Waaree Energies Ltd.
Khadoda Sabarkantha 22°52′39″N 72°04′13″E / 22.87750°N 72.07028°E / 22.87750; 72.07028 (Khadoda Solar Park) 10.2 Azure Power (Haryana)
Nani Naroli Surat 21°25′20″N 73°07′30″E / 21.42222°N 73.12500°E / 21.42222; 73.12500 (Nani Naroli Solar Park) 5 7.53 GIPCL
Dhama Surendranagar 23°12′N 71°24′E / 23.200°N 71.400°E / 23.200; 71.400 (Dhama Solar Park) 5 8.537 Azure Power
Fatepur Surendranagar 23°23′57″N 71°38′20″E / 23.39917°N 71.63889°E / 23.39917; 71.63889 (Fatepur Solar Park) 5 8 EMCO output declines 0.7%/year
Fatepur Surendranagar 23°25′05″N 71°37′20″E / 23.41806°N 71.62222°E / 23.41806; 71.62222 (Mi My Solar Park) 15 24.873 Mi My [34]
Dhama Surendranagar 23°24′N 71°42′E / 23.400°N 71.700°E / 23.400; 71.700 (Dhama Solar Park) 5 Environmental System
Sujangadh Surendranagar 22°43′35.77″N 71°25′58.16″E / 22.7266028°N 71.4328222°E / 22.7266028; 71.4328222 (Sujangadh Solar Park) 25 Louroux Bio Energies
Dhama Surendranagar 23°30′N 71°42′E / 23.500°N 71.700°E / 23.500; 71.700 (Dhama Solar Park) 9.27 20.498 Millennium Synergy output declines 0.5%/year
Patdi Surendranagar 23°09′N 71°45′E / 23.150°N 71.750°E / 23.150; 71.750 (Patdi Solar Park) 1 1.815 Rajesh Power Services
Patdi Surendranagar 1 Rasna Marketing Services
Surendranagar 1 Som Shiva
Surel Surendranagar 23°28′12″N 71°35′06″E / 23.47000°N 71.58500°E / 23.47000; 71.58500 (Surel Solar Park) 25 35.41 Visual Percept Solar Projects Commissioned 31 December 2011, cost 138 million INR/MW
Tikar[35] Surendranagar 23°09′N 71°06′E / 23.150°N 71.100°E / 23.150; 71.100 (Tikar Solar Park) 10.22 16.82 Waa Solar (Madhav Power) First Solar Thin Film CdTe Solar Modules, Commissioned December 2011
Total 702.30[36][37][38] 1095 (est)

Solar Power Generation Report Statewide edit

Source: SLDC Gujarat[39]

2011 Generation detail edit

2012 Generation detail edit

2013 Generation detail edit

2014 Generation detail edit

2015 Generation detail edit

2016 Generation detail edit

Project list edit

Source: GEDA[88]

Gujarat Solar Park-1 edit

Gujarat solar park 1, also called Charanka Solar Park, is being built on a 2,000-hectare (4,900-acre) plot of land near Charanka village in Patan district, northern Gujarat. So far, the park has witnessed investments of Rs 5,365 crore and generated 3,441 million units till date.

Installed generation capacity is at about 615 MW at present, having been commissioned by 31 developers in the Solar Park. GACL (Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited) is setting up 30 MW Solar PV plant, and GNFC (Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals) is in the process of setting up 10 MW project.

The Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL), the project's developer, said in April, 2018 that further capacity addition of 150 MW taking the total to 790 MW may be opted for soon given the availability of land in the Park.[89]

Projects of 95MW are under construction and 30MW under planning as of December, 2018.[90]

See also edit

References edit

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  41. ^ New Solar Project by Acme Solar Technologies (Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd
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  49. ^ New Solar Project by Claris Lifesciences Ltd
  50. ^ Proposal for construction
  51. ^ New Solar Power Project by Emco Ltd
  52. ^ New Solar Project by Esp Urja Pvt Ltd
  53. ^ Essar Power commissions 1MW solar photovoltaic plant in Bhuj
  54. ^ New Solar Power Project by Ganges Green Energy Pvt Ltd
  55. ^ New Solar Project by Ghi Energy Pvt. Ltd
  56. ^ a b c Lanco Infra completes 56 MW grid connected solar photovoltaic power plants in Gujarat
  57. ^ Dedication of 5 MW Solar Power Plant to the Nation
  58. ^ GMDC to set up 5MW solar plant
  59. ^ New Solar Project by Hiraco Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd
  60. ^ New Solar Project by India Solar Ray Power Pvt Ltd
  61. ^ New Solar Power Project by Industrial Power Infrastructure Ltd
  62. ^ New Solar Project by Integrated Coal Mining Ltd
  63. ^ Project Overview
  64. ^ New Solar Project by Kemrock Renewable Energy Ltd
  65. ^ New Solar Project by Konark Gujarat Pv Pvt Ltd
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  68. ^ Martifer Solar, Louroux Bio Energies to collaborate on 25MW of solar projects in Gujarat, India
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  70. ^ Electricity Projects
  71. ^ New Solar Project by Millenium Synergy Gujarat Pvt Ltd
  72. ^ Solar Power (una) by Mono Steel India Ltd
  73. ^ New Solar Project by Moser Baer Energy And Development Ltd
  74. ^ New Solar Power Project by Plg Photovoltaic Ltd
  75. ^ Solar Power (patdi) by Rasna Marketing Services LLP
  76. ^ New Solar Power Project by Responsive Sutip Ltd
  77. ^ Our Projects
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  79. ^ New Solar Project by Som Shiva (Impex) Ltd
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  82. ^ SunBorne Energy pools funds for Gujarat solar plant
  83. ^ SunBorne Energy achieves financial closure for 15-MW solar plant
  84. ^ New Solar Power Project by Ujjawala Power Pvt Ltd
  85. ^ New Solar Project by Visual Percept Solar Projects Pvt Ltd
  86. ^ New Solar Power Project by Yantra E Solar India Pvt Ltd
  87. ^ New Solar Project by Zeba Solar North Pvt Ltd
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