Farmers of Charanka village sharing their plight: hundreds of acres of land snatched away for developing a solar park pic.twitter.com/EliVCzrPkI
— raghav chadha (@raghav_chadha) March 6, 2014
The largest site within the Gujarat Solar Park is being built on a 2,000-hectare (4,900-acre) plot of land near Charanka village in Patan district, northern Gujarat. This hosts about 17 different projects by different developers. On 19 April 2012, a total of 214 megawatts (287,000 hp) had been commissioned.It also became the world’s largest photovoltaic power station. When fully built out, the Charanka Solar Park will host 500 MW of solar power systems using state-of-the-art thin film technology, and should be finished by the end of 2014.The investment cost for the Charanka solar park amounts to some US$280 million.Construction began on December 3, 2010.
Asia’s Largest Solar Park known as ‘Charanka Solar Park’
SOLAR PARK STATS
LOCATION : Charanka Village, Patan, Gujarat
AREA : +2000 hac. ( approx 4900 acres )
PLANT CAPACITY : +500 MW (on completion)
DEVELOPERS/COMPANIES INVOLVED : 17
PROJECT COST : + Rs.1500 Crore (USD $280 Million)
