more and more countries of the world are
beginning to use alternative energy
sources including solar
as a result modest rooftop panels are
being replaced by solar farms spread
over vast areas
the largest solar power plants in the
world benben solar park is located in
egypt covers an area of 37 square
kilometers and generates a capacity of 1
650 megawatts
in third place is shaktis thala located
in the city of pavagada in india its
area is 50 square kilometers and has a
capacity of about 2 000 megawatts
the second is the chinese hainan solar
park
it consists of 672 photovoltaic arrays
and produces 2200 megawatts
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the harsh midday sun illuminates a small
dusty village in gujarat western india
lines of blue solar panels on steel
substructures rise to the horizon
panels cover the top of the irrigation
canals sparkling like iridescent mirrors
this small village of 40 thatch-walled
tin roofed houses with clumsy cows that
go around was one of the many rural
communities in india that had no
electricity until recently
but now a lamp is lit in every house so
that the children can study in the
evening and the farmers can milk the
cows long after sunset
until recently india being one of the
largest consumers of coal in the world
could not provide its entire population
with electricity
at the same time due to emissions from
power plants the environmental situation
in some regions has deteriorated
significantly
the problem urgently needed a solution
and in 2017 india overtook japan to
become the third largest supplier of
solar energy after china and the united
states
this breakthrough was fueled by
declining prices for solar panels and
government energy programs
however several problems stand in the
way of ambitious projects
the first and foremost is most
definitely the land
buying land in india where the
population density is 464 people per
square kilometer involves a lot of
formalities
the land here is expensive enough and
often has many owners
in addition local farmers are not eager
to lose their earnings by selling their
plots to the government
to get around this obstacle a rental
program was offered to local residents
according to it it has become more
profitable to lease a plot to the state
and receive regular payments than to
engage in agriculture
but as the country moves to green energy
it becomes necessary to modernize
existing energy complexes
and solar energy has a big drawback
electricity is generated only in sunny
weather
also to eliminate fossil fuels
altogether you need to find inexpensive
ways to store energy but since the
number of sunny days per year in india
reaches almost 300 this country has some
of the best conditions in the world for
capturing and using the sun's rays
installed capacity in india has grown by
about 10 times to 32 gigawatts over the
past five years and the government hopes
to triple this figure in the coming
years
the country is setting ambitious targets
notably to ensure the production of 450
gigawatts of wind and solar power by
2030.
from all indications india will be able
to fulfill the task
there are now 43 photovoltaic power
plants operating in the country capable
of generating power above 10 megawatts
built in 2020 in the jhanpur region of
india badla solar park has become the
largest solar park in the world
the plant was built in several stages
the first stage was completed in 2016.
it took eight months to implement it
the capacity of the solar park was then
about 550 megawatts
the number of solar panels was
constantly increasing intensifying the
capacity of the park by half a gigawatt
per year
the main obstacle at the first level to
achieving production goals was the
incessant sand dunes with a windward
side of 15 to 20 degrees and a
constantly crumbling leeward side come
into the area
planting the mounting structures for the
modules in such a landscape was an
extremely challenging task requiring
careful creative design and specific
operating skills
it should also be noted that extreme
heat is one of the prominent features of
the rajasthan state
this region is considered to be almost
uninhabitable due to its tropical
climate average temperatures in bad la
range from 46 to 48 degrees celsius with
frequent hot winds and sand storms
the nearest housing is the village of
bob located about 50 kilometers from the
station and the nearest urban area
called palaudi is 80 kilometers away
this greatly complicates the operation
of the station specifically the
maintenance of solar panels
but despite all this in 2020 the nominal
capacity of the badla power plant was 2
245 megawatts and it confidently took
the first line in the world ranking the
area of this solar electric park is
impressive 57 square kilometers
while 2 000 megawatts of power are
enough to power seven hundred thousand
homes virtually all of the electricity
generated here is not used in the area
it goes to neighboring regions in india
where there is an energy shortage
badla is an important economic project
for rajasthan as most of the inhabitants
of the coastal villages work on the
power plant
by 2022 india aims to provide
electricity to 60 million households via
the production of 100 gigawatts of solar
energy
most likely in a few years the bod loss
solar park will have to give up world
leadership in december 2020 prime
minister narendra modi announced the
start of a new project
india's state-owned energy company has
received approval from the ministry of
new and renewable energy to build a 4075
megawatt solar park in gujarat
the solar power plant will be located in
the thar desert it will become part of
the hybrid renewable energy park with a
total capacity of 30 000 megawatts
this means that the inhabitants of the
country will have access to a
comfortable modern life and the economy
will be a stable and cheap resource
the country's authorities have already
developed serious measures to develop
the economy and revitalize industry
the plans include a large-scale
modernization of the internal
infrastructure roads ports airports the
growth of the construction and
automotive industries an increase in the
production of household appliances and
housing construction especially in rural
areas
the implementation of these plans will
undoubtedly raise the average standard
of living of ordinary citizens and
provide them with basic comfortable
conditions
the opportunity to study at any time of
the day the smooth operation of small
farms and enterprises the availability
of technical devices in everyday life
and at the workplace
in a nutshell all the benefits which
residents of developed countries do not
need to worry about
how many years do you think it will take
for the world to fully switch to
renewable energy sources
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