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Asia's largest solar park functional in Gujarat [1]

A 600 MW solar power park, touted as Asia's first and largest, was on Thursday dedicated to the nation by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the state's Patan district, in a boost to India's efforts towards low carbon growth.

The solar power park with a power generation capacity of 600 MW, covering approximately 3,000 acres of wasteland bordering the Rann of Kutch, will generate two-thirds of India's total 900 MW of solar power production.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2012
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
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Patan (D) [3], Solar Energy [4], Rann Of Kutch [5], Carbon Dioxide [6], Anand (D) [7], Junagadh (D) [8], Energy Technology [9], Renewable Energy [10], Energy [11], Gujarat [12]
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