Energy Magazine July 2015 | Page 32

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Company : BHE / Mid American Soalr Location : India Capacity : 4000 MW

01 SAMBHAR LAKE

What is set to become India ’ s largest solar project to date , Sambhar Lake is expected to generate eight times more power than the largest solar farms in operation today . The estimated $ 4 billion project will be built outside Jaipur , the Rajasthan capital , on 20,000 acres of governmentowned land . A . N . Srivastava , director of the country ’ s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy , said in an interview that this project would reduce the country ’ s carbon footprint by over 4 million
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