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India to bring forward 100,000 megawatts of new solar power
http://www.climateactionprogramme.org/news/india-to-bring-forward-100000-megawatts-of-new-solar-powerThe Indian Government has signalled its intention to launch the largest tender for new solar power capacity in the world.
Power Minister R K Singh told an event in New Delhi this week that the government plans to launch an unprecedented bid for 100,000 megawatts (MW) of new clean energy.
“The biggest tender was floated in Spain. We brought out single tender of 10,000 MW which would be opened in July. Now we will bring out a bid of one lakh MW which would also include solar manufacturing and storage,” he told the event, according to The Economic Times. One lakh represents 100,000 units.
The 100,000MW tender, or 100 gigawatts (GW), would far exceed anything that has ever been constructed, although the minister didn’t provide exact timings for the project.
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