Gujarat canal top solar power project

Gujarat canal top solar power project

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  GUJARAT CANAL TOP SOLARPOWER PROJECT By -Rohan Gupta(14csu172) Sachin verma(14csu175)
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  WHAT IS IT? The Canal Solar Power Project is a project launched in Gujarat, to use 19,000 Kilometre long network of Narmada canals across the state for setting up solar panels to generate electricity.  It was the first ever such project in India.
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  What is theneed? solar energy technologies are clean sources of energy that have a much lower environmental impact than conventional energy technologies. After the oil supply disruptions of the early 1970s, our nation has increased its dependence on
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  More about theproject It was inaugurated by Mr. Narendra Modi on 24th April 2012. It is situated on the Narmada branch canal near Chandrasan village of kadi taluka. The is being built by Sun Edison at a cost of Rs 177.1 million. Its is the world's first 1MW canal top solar power plant.
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  Advantages of theproject If even 10 per cent of the 19,000 km-long Narmada canal network in Gujarat is used for setting up canal-top solar panels, it has the potential to produce2,200 MW of solar power Simultaneously it will prevent 90 lakh (9 Million) litres of water from evaporation annually Land does not need to be acquired separately to construct a solar park.
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  The solar panelsproduced 15 per cent extra power as compared to land installations as the water flowing under the panels kept them relatively cool. 11000 acres of land can be potentially conserved with about 20 billion litres of water saved per annum which is quiet significant in draught prone region like Rann of Kutch.
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  Some disadvantages ofthe project Increased construction cost which would be more than made up by the land acquisition savings. Water + electronics = bad Maintenance of solar panels is quiet high. Maintenance of canal, once solar panels are installed is an issue.
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  Future Perspective Gujarat hasabout 450 km of open main canal while the total lenght is about 19000km at present. When completed the whole network will be about 85000km long It is estimated that 2200MW of solar power can be easily generated by the solar panels covering the canals.
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  Some pictures ofthe project