Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundations for what he said would be the world’s largest renewable energy park, set to produce a massive 30 gigawatts of electricity.
The vast project in western Gujarat’s Kutch region spread over 1,80,000 acres — the size of Singapore — will contain solar panels, solar energy storage units, and windmills.
“The hybrid renewable energy park will be the largest in the world and generate 30,000 megawatts of power,” PM Modi said as he inaugurated the energy park as well as an adjacent desalination plant.
“Energy security and water security are vital in the 21st century,” PM Modi said. “The two major projects of the renewable energy park and the desalination plant inaugurated in Kutch are steps towards achieving the two.”
The desalination plant will be able to process 100 million liters of water a day for 8 lakh people living in the arid region.
