The News
The 4000 megawatt project will be spread over 77 kilometers of land, a space larger than the size of Manhattan. The project is expected to be completed over the course of 7 years at a cost of $4.4B USD. The proposed location is near Sambhar Salt Lake in the northern state of Rajasthan. In aggregate, India currently has a grid-connected solar-power capacity of 2,208 MW, so this new project will represent an almost 3x increase in India’s current solar power capacity.
The Implications
The project is expected to:
- Have an estimated life of 25 years
- Reduce India's carbon dioxide emissions by more than 4 million tonnes per year
- Propel the country towards its goal of having 20,000 MW capacity by 2022