World’s largest solar power station planned for India

The world’s largest solar power station will be built in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh over the next 18 months, government officials announced over the weekend. The 750-megawatt (MW) facility will be built on barren government-owned land in the country’s Rewa district, and when complete will positively dwarf the current world’s largest solar power project – the 392-MW Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in the Mojave desert of California.

“Global tenders for commissioning the solar power station in an area over 1,500 hectares (15 km²) at Bandwar region in Gudh tehsil of Rewa, will be invited shortly,” Madhya Pradesh’s Energy Minister Rajendra Shukla told the press. He said they planned to have the plant up and running by March 2017.

Just last week, the Indian state of Cochin announced that it’s in the process of transitioning its international airport to 100 solar power. As of May 2016, the airport will run on 46,150 solar panels, which are expected to produce enough power to run 10,000 homes each year and save 300,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over the next 25 years. Read More…