World's first canal top 1 MW solar project is on Narmada branch in Gujarat state in India. It was commissioned within 1000 days of conception. The power plant is located at Chandrasan village near Mehsana 45 kms from Ahmedabad. It generates 1.6 million units of electricity every year. The fact that the panels are built over the canal is meant to ensure that around 9 million litres of water does not evaporate. Solar plant has been set up at the cost of 17.5 crores rupees by US-based Sun Edison. The entire length of SSNL canal network in Gujarat is around 19,000 kilometres. According to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, "Even if 10 per cent of it is used for this type of projects it could generate 2,400 MW of clean energy annually."
The project will eliminate the need of 11,000 acres of land required for a solar project of this magnitude and save 2 billion litres of water annually, officials have said.
The plant has been made on a 750-metre stretch of the Sanand branch canal of the Sardar Sarovar project.
The project has been developed by the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) and was inaugurated in April 2012.
Gujarat which accounts for 66% of India's total solar power, also boasts of another solar park in Charanka village in Patan, where over 2,965 acres, rows of photovoltaic cells or solar panels have been laid out to harness the sun. They generate 214 MW of electricity every day-more than China's 200 MW Golmund Solar park.
The project will eliminate the need of 11,000 acres of land required for a solar project of this magnitude and save 2 billion litres of water annually, officials have said.
The plant has been made on a 750-metre stretch of the Sanand branch canal of the Sardar Sarovar project.
The project has been developed by the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) and was inaugurated in April 2012.
Gujarat which accounts for 66% of India's total solar power, also boasts of another solar park in Charanka village in Patan, where over 2,965 acres, rows of photovoltaic cells or solar panels have been laid out to harness the sun. They generate 214 MW of electricity every day-more than China's 200 MW Golmund Solar park.
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