Context: The Prime Minister of India will inaugurate the world's largest renewable solar and wind energy park with a capacity of 30,000 MW in Gujarat's Kutch.
About Hybrid Renewable Energy Park
The Hybrid Renewable Energy Park will have two zones-
- A 49,600-hectare hybrid park zone that will accommodate wind and solar power plants of 24,800 MW capacity.
- It will be located 6 km from the border.
- An exclusive wind park zone spread over 23,000 hectares and will come up within 1-6 km of the international border.
- Putting windmills near the border will act as a boundary.
- Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) will set up wind projects in the entire 23,000 ha at the exclusive wind zone park.
- 50 per cent of the total generation capacity will be developed in the next three years, and the entire project will be finished in next five years.
Key Facts
- Government of India committed to install 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022.
Out of the Gujarat’s installed power generation capacity of 30,500 MW, renewable energy forms 37 per cent (11,264 MW), which includes:
- 7,845 MW of Wind.
- 3,273 MW of Solar.
- 81.6 MW Biomass.
- 63.33 MW mini-hydro projects.
- There has been a 10-fold increase in renewable energy capacity in Gujarat from 1,170 MW in 2008 to 11,264 MW in 2020.