Dhirubhai Ambani Solar Park

The Dhirubhai Ambani Solar Park at Dhursar village near Pokhran in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan is a 40 megawatt (MW_AC) photovoltaic power station, commissioned in 2012. It is one of a large number of solar parks expected to be built in a 35,000 km² area of the Thar Desert that has been reserved for solar power projects. The solar park was named after the late Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries, and was constructed using 500,000 Cadmium telluride photovoltaics (CdTe) modules by First Solar, and covers an area of 350 acres (140 hectares).[1]

Dhirubhai Ambani Solar Park
Country	India
Location	Pokhran
Coordinates	26°45′47″N 72°00′51″E
Status	Operational
Commission date	31 March 2012 (2012-03-31)
Owner(s)	Reliance Power
Solar farm
Type	Concentrated solar power
Power generation
Units operational	500,000
Nameplate capacity	40 MWAC planned: 300 MW
Annual net output	60 gigawatt-hours (216 terajoules)

India has a target of developing 22,000 megawatts (7.507×10¹⁰ British thermal units per hour) of solar power plants, and an additional 8,000 megawatts (2.730×10¹⁰ British thermal units per hour) is expected in local generation, bringing the total to 30,000 megawatts (1.0236×10¹¹ British thermal units per hour) by 2022. Speaking at the dedication of the park, the new and renewable energy minister hoped that Rajasthan alone would exceed 22,000 MW by then.[2][3]

A 100 megawatts (300,000,000 British thermal units per hour) solar thermal project at the same location has been synchronised in November, 2014.[4]

References

1. "First Solar powers 40 MW (AC) solar power plant, one of India's largest". Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
2. 40 MW solar energy plant starts power production
3. 40MW solar appetite plant starts energy production
4. Reliance Power commissions world's largest solar CSP project in Rajasthan

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