Aug 23, 2009
The Gujarat government has approved 34 solar power projects at an investment of Rs.12,000 crore (Rs.120 billion/$2.4 billion) over the next few years, to rank it the top Indian state for this clean energy.
The projects will add 716 MW to the state electricity grid.
The developer and the generation (in MW) from each project is:
Solar Photovoltaic Projects (365)
-AES Solar Energy P. Ltd, US (15)
-Astonfield Solar (Gujarat), US (25)
-Azure Power Ltd. US (15)
-Common Wealth Business Technologies, UK (10)
-Dreisatz GmbH, Germany (25)
-Environmental Systems Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai (5)
-Euro Solar Ltd., Bhachau (5)
-JSW Energy, Mumbai (5)
-KRIBHCO, Surat (5)
-Lanco Solar P. Ltd. Hyderabad (35)
-Mi GmbH, Germany (25)
-Millennium Synergy Ltd., Bangalore (10)
-Moser Baer Ltd. Noida (15)
-PLG Power Ltd., Nashik (40)
-Precious Energy Ltd. (Moser Bear) New Delhi (15)
-Solar Semiconductor P. Ltd. Hyderabad (20)
-Solitaire Energies Ltd, (Moser Bear) New Delhi (15)
-Sunkon Energy P. Ltd. Surat (10)
-Tathith Energies US (5)
-Top Sun Energy Ltd., Gandhinagar (5)
-Torrent Power Ltd., Ahmedabad (25)
-Unity Power Ltd. (Videocon Group), Aurangabad (5)
-Waree Energies Ltd. Surat (20)
-Zeba Solar, Portugal (10)
Solar Thermal Projects (351)
-ACME Telepower Ltd.Gurgaon (46)
-Adani Power Ltd., Ahmedabad (40)
-Cargo Motors, Delhi (25)
-Electrotherm Ltd., Ahmedabad (40)
-Abengoa Ltd., Spain (40)
-IDFC, Delhi (10)
-KG Design Services P. Ltd., Coimbatore (10)
-Sun Borne Energy Technologies Gujarat (50)
-NTPC, New Delhi (50)
-Welspun Urja Ltd. Ahmedabad (40)
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