India builds the world's largest solar power station

India is planning to build the world's largest solar power station with a capacity of 750 MW.

The world's largest solar power station in India will be operational by 2017

According to Science Alert, the world 's largest solar power station will be built on arid state owned land in Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh state , India, within the next 18 months. It has a capacity of 750 megawatts (MW), surpassing the 392 MW capacity of the world's largest Ivanpah Solar power plant, located in the Mojave Desert, California, USA.

India's largest solar power station will go into operation in 2017. (Photo: Science Alert)

"Large contractors will soon be invited to build the world's largest solar power station, covering an area of ​​15 km2 in the Bandwar (Rewa) area," Rajendra Shukla, head of the energy sector in Madhya Pradesh. , said in a press release on August 23. The factory is expected to go into operation in March 2017.

Last week, India announced that it is in the process of transforming Cochin International Airport into using 100% solar power. It is expected that by May 2016, the airport will be installed about 46,150 solar panels, producing enough electricity for 10,000 households per year, limiting 300,000 tons of CO2 emissions for the next 25 years.

These two projects contribute to India's goal of producing 175,000 MW of renewable electricity each year, by 2022. India's solar energy potential is about 5 million billion kWh / year, with an average of 300 sunny days per year. The above number only takes into account the space on land. If India builds a solar power plant as well as Japan, they will get more energy.

Last weekend, leaders and representatives of 14 Pacific countries met at the summit in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to supply the island nations on the Pacific with enough solar energy to light thousands of homes.

"We are currently committed to providing solar power to 2,800 houses, including 1200 houses for each island nation in the Pacific. This will save a million dollars worth of oil, " he said. Modi said.