[:gj]Gujarat has planned to invest Rs. 100,000-Cr in for renewable energy[:]

[:gj]Gujarat will take distinctive initiatives to fulfill the dream of achieving the target of producing 175 Giga Watts’s renewable energy by year 2022 as envisaged by Prime Minister Mr. Narendrabhai Modi, says
Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani in Gandhinagar, today.
The Chief Minister categorically stated that Gujarat will take frontal position in
producing renewable energy in the country. For which, the state government
has chalked out a planned to make invest of approximately Rs. 100,000-crore
in next three years.
Gujarat Energy Minister Mr. Saurabhbhai Patel stated that at present the
contribution of renewable energy is 7645 mw which is 28 % of Gujarat’s total
capacity, against which the target by year 2022 is set to 22,922 MW, means
approximately 53 % (almost double) and planning is also done accordingly.
Mr. Patel and minister of state for energy Mr. Pradipsinh Jadeja jointly further
stated that 10,000 mw solar-energy would be produced in next three years in
Gujarat, which included solar-park with capacity of 5,000mw at Dholera. The

tenders to produce 1,000 mw energy at this solar-park would be announced
soon.
Besides this, the state government has decided to setup a solar-park with
capacity of 700 mw at Radha-Neshda and another solar-park with capacity of
500 mw at Harshad in Banaskantha district, the duo said and added that
recently the state government has invited tenders for purchasing 500 mw solar
energy from various companies.
Counting out the initiatives undertaken by the state government for energy
production, the ministers said that the Gujarat government has decided to
allow the private companies to setup solar energy production units on the
waste lands with minimum capacity of 20mw. In the first phase, at least, 50
such waste land plots have been identified. As the second initiatives, the state
government has prepared ‘Small Scale Distributor Solar Project’, which is first
of its kind in the country. It is expected to produce 2,000 mw of solar energy
from this initiative, a detail policy for which would soon be declared. The third
initiative is ‘Roof-Top Scheme’ to produce energy, which is presently producing
233 mw energy.
Besides solar energy, the state government is also planning to encourage wind-
energy for which the state government has chalked out a distinct planning,
they said and added that the target of producing wind-energy in next three
years is set to 5,000 mw. Of which, the production of 4,000 mw wind-energy
would be done from Kutch alone.
A wind-energy production plant, first of its kind in the country, with a capacity
of 1,000 mw would be setup in mid-sea at Pipavav Port, they added.[:]