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Description
The average requirement of energy per capita in India is 1,010 kWh, being the lowest per capita
energy demand in the world; but the need for increasing the capacity demand is due to the
manufacturing capacity of the country. India recognized the need of a transition to renewable energies,
and even if the 70% of the energy in 106 was from fossil fuels, but in the draft National Renewable
Energy Act, the government has a target 175 GW through renewable resources by 2022.
The Canal Solar Power Project is a project launched in Gujarat, India; in 2012 with the aim to crease
a 19,000 kilometres long network of Narmada canals. The objective or the project is the creation
a network along the canals in order to establish solar panels and generate energy from renewable
energy sources.
Major achievements
- Generation of 1.6 million units of electricity per year.
- The panels built over the canals, ensure that around 9 million litres of water does not evaporate
annually.
- Increase in the use of energy from renewable energy sources, transition to a sustainable development.
- Conservation of the ecosystems because land is not eliminated for the establishment of the solar
panels.
