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Solar power in Gujarat

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Solar power in Gujarat, a state of India, is a fast developing industry given that the large state is mostly arid. It was one of the first states to develop solar generation capacity in India.

CountryIndia
LocationGujarat
Coordinates23°54′11″N 71°12′06″E
StatusOperational
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Solar Power in Gujarat
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CountryIndia
LocationGujarat
Coordinates23°54′11″N 71°12′06″E
StatusOperational
Power generation
Nameplate capacity7180 MW
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As of June 2024, total installed solar power generation capacity of the state was 14,182 MW.[1]

State solar policy

As of May 2026, Gujarat has an installed renewable energy capacity of 50,386 MW, including 32,302.7 MW of solar power (of which 7,408.10 MW is rooftop solar) and 15,850.56 MW of wind power.[2] Under the Scheme for Development of solar parks and Ultra-mega Solar Power Projects is underway with a target of setting up to 40,000 MW of Solar capacity.[3]

In addition to the existing solar power policy, the state has also come out with a solar-wind hybrid policy, looking to establish four-five such parks with at least 2000 MW capacity.[4]

Total installed solar power generation capacity of the state increased from 4,431 MW in March 2021[5] to 7,180 MW in March 2022.[6]

Rooftop solar

Rooftop Solar panels on houses in Gujarat

Total rooftop solar power installation capacity of state is 3455.90 MW, as of April 2024.[7] Gujarat is a top performing state in India in respect to rooftop solar.[8]

Location of Solar parks

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Solar power plants across the state[9][10]
Location District Site co-ordinates Nominal Power (MWp) Production
(Annual GW·h)
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Rajuvadia Narmada R8FQ+34, Rajuvadia, Gujarat 393120 16 - Bhaarat spinning mills solar park
Nizar Tapi 21°28'26.8"N 74°10'30.5"E 9.3 - KPI Green Energy
Netrang Bharuch 21°39'14.0"N 73°22'04.2"E 9.4 - KPI Green Energy
Bhersam Bharuch 21°46′12.5″N 72°50′26.0″E 22.4 - KPI Green Energy
Khavda Kachchh 24°02′15.1″N 69°32′28.6″E 240 - KPI Green Energy
Ora Bharuch 21°51′23.2″N 72°53′18.1″E 30 - KPI Green Energy
Ochhan Bharuch 21°59′14.7″N 73°02′00.5″E 17 - KPI Green Energy
Sarod Bharuch 22°09′49.7″N 72°44′39.0″E 16 - KPI Green Energy
Samoj Bharuch 22°09′06.8″N 72°43′41.4″E 56 - KPI Green Energy
Shahpura Bharuch 21°52′28.2″N 73°06′32.0″E 19.8 - KPI Green Energy
Bhensali Bharuch 21°43′13.6″N 72°44′46.9″E 5.2 - KPI Green Energy
Jhanor Bharuch 21°50′8.8″N 73°07′01.6″E 2.7 - KPI Green Energy
Tanchha Bharuch 21°53′50.9″N 72°54′11.3″E 17 - KPI Green Energy
Vagra Bharuch 21°50′16.3″N 72°50′34.7″E 10.5 - KPI Green Energy
Muler Bharuch 21°52′23.5″N 72°40′49.5″E 9.9 - KPI Green Energy
Kurchan Bharuch 21°54′23.8″N 72°57′53.0″E 18 - KPI Green Energy
Vedcha Bharuch 22°00′32.7″N 72°56′32.2″E 21.5 - KPI Green Energy
Sudi Bharuch 21°53′30″N 72°53′55″E 100 - KPI Green Energy
Namalpur Narmada 22°00'13.2"N 73°38'02.0"E 8.6 - KPI Green Energy
Kundani/Jasdan Rajkot 22°07'27.3"N 71°09'14.4"E 5 - KPI Green Energy
Vilayat Bharuch 21°46'00.7"N 72°52'28.8"E 12.7 - KPI Green Energy
Dhrangadhra Surendranagar 23°01'07.2"N 71°26'29.8"E 10 - KPI Green Energy
Moti Gidasan Banas Kantha 23°59'15.9"N 72°28'54.7"E 4.4 - KPI Green Energy
Jarsad Bharuch 21°47'51.9"N 73°11'42.4"E 11.2 - KPI Green Energy
Bhalod Vadodara 21°49'33.3"N 73°10'25.4"E 11.8 - KPI Green Energy
Vilayat Hybrid66KV Bharuch 21°45'38.7"N 72°51'42.2"E 31.4 - KPI Green Energy
Vagra Hybrid66KV Bharuch 21°52'18.7"N 72°51'35.7"E 16 - KPI Green Energy
Kanva Bharuch 21°36'04.0"N 72°54'17.7"E 4 - KPI Green Energy
Jhanor Bharuch 21°50'09.3"N 73°07'01.8"E 0.2 - KPI Green Energy
JafrabadAmreli20°52′34″N 71°16′57″E58.322Sunkon Energy[11]
WadgamAnand22°19′12″N 72°25′48″E1525.846Acme Tele Power
IsanpurAnand22°28′51″N 72°31′25″E11.533Harsha Engineers
Gunthawada[12][13][14][15]Banaskantha23°55′07″N 71°56′28″E[16]15.226.28Precious (Moser Baer)Commissioned 11 October 2011
Gunthawada[12][13][14][15]Banaskantha23°54′40″N 71°55′52″E[16]1525.9Solitaire (Moser Baer)Commissioned 11 October 2011, with Precious cost Rs 465 crore, area 305 acre, 236,000 Thin Film modules[17]
DhaneraBanaskantha24°31′27″N 72°12′12″E2545.377Sand Land Real Estate
Bharuch1MBH Power
Gandhinagar1GSEC-TPS
Gandhinagar1PDPU-GPCL-GEDA250 kW from Thin-Film, 750 kW from Poly-crystalline solar cells.
MithapurJamnagar22°36′N 72°07′E25.0Tata PowerCommissioned 25 January 2012
ShilojJunagadh22°49′09″N 71°00′32″E[18]1019.585Mono Steel SolarOutput decreases 0.7%/year from 20 GWh
Bitta[19]Kutch23°15′46″N 69°01′27″E[20]40.066.576Adani PowerCompleted January 2012 using 400,000 modules.[21] Completed in 150 days at a cost of Rs 400 crore.[citation needed] (6760 million INR) 100 MW planned
ShivlakhaKutch5Backbone
BhujKutch1Essar Power
PanandhroKutch5GMDC
PratapgarhKutch23°21′59″N 70°44′41″E[22]913.451Integrated Coal Mining (ICML)0.5 MW Amorphous Si, 0.5 MW CdTe, 8 MW Crystalline Si
ShivlakhaKutch23°21′54″N 70°37′26″E[23]58.87Konark GujaratVikram Solar
ShivlakhaKutch23°19′28″N 70°24′01″E[24]2030.835Solar Semiconductor
KarmariaKutch23°12′34″N 70°13′56″E[25]15.40121.108Sun BorneSolar World SW-230, cost 2102 million Rs, output is derated 1%/year
KhirsaraKutch23°21′32″N 70°03′14″E[26]58.147Unity PowerSF-145-L 145Wp Copper Indium Selenide
KhirsaraKutch23°21′37″N 70°03′15″E15Welspun Urja Gujarat
Narmada Canal - ChandrasanMehsana1GSEC-Canal
CharankaPatan213.9Consists of 31 projectsCommissioned 19 April 2012
Patan5Jaihind Projects
BhadradaPatan23°40′57″N 71°46′30″E5.0017.963Lanco Solar21,740 230 Wp Poly Si panels
ChadiyanaPatan23°41′32″N 71°34′01″E1523.955Lanco Solar5 MW from 20,647 230W Poly Silicon and 2,464 102W thin film; 10 MW from multi crystalline Si 230W and 235W panels[27]
DahisarPatan20PLG Photovoltaic
HilabeliPorbandar21°57′24″N 71°19′44″E1017GHI Energyfixed tilt mounted at 20° angle[28]
Kerala & BapodarPorbandar21°37′39″N 69°49′57″E[29]2035.425Hiraco Renewable Energy
BapodarPorbandar21°37′39″N 69°49′57″E1527.265Moser Baer125,100 80W First Solar and 13,490 370W MBSL panels, 18 880 kW Sunny Central SMA-800 inverters
DhankRajkot21°46′17″N 70°05′04″E58.699APCA Power
DhankRajkot21°46′35″N 70°04′47″E[30]58.02Aravali Infrapower
DhankRajkot21°43′56″N 70°06′07″E[31]1017.678CBC Solar
DhankRajkot21°43′56″N 70°06′07″E[32]58.839Ganeshvani Merchandise
Mervadar and DhankRajkot21°43′56″N 70°06′07″E15Ganges Entertainment
MervadarRajkot21°44′11″N 70°07′12″E[33]1017.835GreenInfra[34]Cost Rs 130 crore, First Solar thin film
BhatkotaSabarkantha23°33′35″N 73°17′08″E3Abellon CleanenergyConstructed by Waaree Energies Ltd.
KhadodaSabarkantha22°52′39″N 72°04′13″E10.2Azure Power (Haryana)
Nani NaroliSurat21°25′20″N 73°07′30″E57.53GIPCL
DhamaSurendranagar23°12′N 71°24′E58.537Azure Power
FatepurSurendranagar23°23′57″N 71°38′20″E58EMCOoutput declines 0.7%/year
FatepurSurendranagar23°25′05″N 71°37′20″E1524.873Mi My[35]
DhamaSurendranagar23°24′N 71°42′E5Environmental System
SujangadhSurendranagar22°43′35.77″N 71°25′58.16″E25Louroux Bio Energies
DhamaSurendranagar23°30′N 71°42′E9.2720.498Millennium Synergyoutput declines 0.5%/year
PatdiSurendranagar23°09′N 71°45′E11.815Rajesh Power Services
PatdiSurendranagar1Rasna Marketing Services
Surendranagar1Som Shiva
SurelSurendranagar23°28′12″N 71°35′06″E2535.41Visual Percept Solar ProjectsCommissioned 31 December 2011, cost 138 million INR/MW
Tikar[36]Surendranagar23°09′N 71°06′E10.2216.82Waa Solar (Madhav Power)First Solar Thin Film CdTe Solar Modules, Commissioned December 2011
Total 1446.196[37][38][39]1095 (est)
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Solar Power Generation Report Statewide

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Source: SLDC Gujarat[40]

2011 Generation detail

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2012 Generation detail

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2013 Generation detail

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Source: GEDA[88]

Gujarat Solar Park-1

Gujarat solar park 1, also called Charanka Solar Park, is being built on a 2,000-hectare (4,900-acre) plot of land near Charanka village in Patan district, northern Gujarat. So far, the park has witnessed investments of Rs 5,365 crore and generated 3,441 million units till date.

Installed generation capacity is at about 615 MW at present, having been commissioned by 31 developers in the Solar Park. GACL (Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited) is setting up 30 MW Solar PV plant, and GNFC (Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals) is in the process of setting up 10 MW project.

The Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL), the project's developer, said in April 2018 that further capacity addition of 150 MW taking the total to 790 MW may be opted for soon given the availability of land in the Park.[89]

Projects of 95MW are under construction and 30MW under planning as of December 2018.[90]

Allah Bund Solar Projects

Allah Bund, just east of disputed Sir Creek in Great Rann of Kutch, has numerous mega solar projects near India–Pakistan border.

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