India will build a solar sectors 10 thousand hectares each

India new environmental targets set itself gradually. Earlier, the country announced that by 2030 will fully switch to electric vehicles. Now, the Indian government set a goal to produce 100 thousand MW by 2022. The first phase of construction will be 10 large solar sector - large-scale farms for the production of solar energy with an estimated capacity of 2.3 thousand MW each

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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has published a document that announced plans to create a 10 "solar sectors" on public and private lands. Each site will take about 10 thousand hectares. The Government did not indicate how much energy will produce each sector and which installations will be equipped with them.



As the Digital Trends, by area, each of them more than the Chinese and the California solar farms more than four times. Hence we can assume that each solar sector will have a capacity of 2-3 MW tycyachi.

Solar sectors will lead to the development of solar energy in the country, according to the ministry. They will be able to attract entrepreneurs and investors and will enable India to achieve a new goal - to produce 100,000 MW by 2022

. The ministry also said that India has the natural prerequisites for the development of solar energy - 300 sunny days per year in the country. The average annual solar radiation in the country is about 4-6 kWh. 1 sq. m per day.
Currently, the largest solar power station in the country is considered a solar park at the reservoir Longyang. Its area is 23 square meters. km, and power - 850 megawatts

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State program for the development of solar energy are increasingly being introduced. Recently, the White House announced that the US Department of Energy will provide dozens of communities $ 100,000 in the form of grants and technical assistance for the installation of solar panels. Already operating in 36 states additional funding solar projects - more than 120 housing offices, rural electric cooperatives, power company and civil society organizations committed to invest a total of $ 287 million and build a new plant for 280 MW or more

. BNEF According to forecasts, by 2040, global investment in solar energy will reach $ 3, 4 trillion. It is expected that this amount exceeds the amount of investment in all types of fossil fuels and nuclear energy. In the 2020s solar and wind energy will be the two least expensive ways to generate electricity in many countries, and in 2030 to - in most countries.