India's solar capital

Gujarat has taken a step forward to become India’s solar capital. The state, which has signed power purchase agreements for 1,000 MW of solar energy, has become home to nation’s largest solar power plant. Ahmedabad-based infrastructure major Adani group on Thursday commissioned a 40 MW solar plant in Kutch. Its capacity will be expanded up to 100 MW. Gujarat has inked pacts with companies like Lanco Infratech, Tata Power and GMR Infrastructure among others to generate solar power. Gujarat is also luring solar power equipment makers to set up shop – China’s TBEA recently announced to invest Rs 500 crore as part of setting up a Rs 2,500 crore Green Energy Park near Vadodara.