Charanka Solar Park opening function in Video
Presented above is video recording of live telecast of Charanka solar park opening function. The video begins with minister of state for Energy, Gujarat Shri Saurabh Patel’s speech. Next is the Chief Minister presenting certificates of completion of projects to representatives of various companies. Later couple of company owners speak on their experience with Gujarat. This is followed by the speeches of foreign dignitaries including an ADB representative and Consul General of America Mr. Peter Haas. Finally there’s a speech of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, first in English, and later part in Hindi. Total video is 1.21 hour long.
Ahmedabad, 19 April, 2012
In what can be called as Gujarat’s quantum leap in the field of solar power generation the Chief Minister Narendra Modi dedicated 600 MW solar power projects to the nation today. These projects include solar power plants at the Asia’s largest solar park at Charnka village as well as solar units at ten other places in Gujarat.
Spread in 3000 acre land the ‘Gujarat Solar Park’ at Charnka has been set up in line with the vision of Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The foundation of the park was laid by Mr. Modi in December 2010. Around 21 national and international companies have invested in the park. The 500 MW solar park has been made functional in a record time of just one year.
The Chief Minister took a panoramic view of the entire solar park from a huge tower. He greeted the US Consul General Mr. Peter Hesh and the office bearers of ADB and IFC and congratulated the owners of the developer companies for being part of this historic project.
Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister said, when the entire world is engulfed by the problem of climate change, it is Gujarat’s dream to demonstrate before the world an example of climate justice. “This achievement is not merely a step in the direction of power conservation but it provides the world with a vision that how the power needs of the future generations can be solved in an environment-friendly manner”, he said.
When Gujarat was ready with its own solar energy policy for the first time in the country, Mr. Modi said, the Central government was mulling the nation’s solar policy just on a primary level. “Due to the efforts made by the Gujarat government, the cost of solar power has come down to Rs.8.50 per unit from Rs.15 per unit”, he said. He exuded faith this cost will further go down to rupees four per unit in future once the supply of solar power gets increase.
Speaking about the State government’s future moves in the solar sector the Chief Minister said the government has planned to come up with roof-top solar power policy. This will enable a common man to generate solar power by putting solar panel on the roof of his house and sell the power to the State government. “Gujarat contributes 66% of the nation’s total solar power generation. Though the State has already become power surplus, a budget of Rs.2000 crore has been allocated for the developments in the field of renewable energy”, said the Chief Minister.
Mr. Modi recalled that the nation had launched its first space shuttle ‘Soyuz-1’ and the first satellite ‘Aryabhatt’ on April 19. “Today is the day of pride for India as the nation launched Agni-5 today and the Asia’s largest power plant has also been dedicated to the nation today”, he said.
This desert area, facing the borders of Pakistan, has seen a socio-economic turnaround with the development in solar sector. This, otherwise an arid region, has emerged as a top power producer in the country, he said.
In coming time the world will have to face scarcity of conventional energy resources like coal and gas. At such times, Gujarat has opened up a door of prosperity for future generation by focusing on solar and wind power generation. “The state has taken a giant leap and achieved a goal of 18,000 MW of power generation just in a decade, against the 4000 MW of power generation of the past”, Mr. Modi said.
The Chief Minister expressed faith that the State government’s initiatives in solar sector will influence the global energy market also. “The Gujarat government desires to set up solar power equipment manufacturing units on big scale, which will give employment to around thirty thousand youths”, he said.
Mr. Modi said the State government is committed to encourage innovations in the field of renewable energy. For accelerating the research in this field, he said, the Pandit Dindayal Petroleum University has started ‘School of Solar Energy’. With a view to create a skilled manpower in this field the State government has also started solar energy courses in ITIs, he added.
India can establish its stronghold in the world by harnessing solar energy for development, Mr. Modi said. He recalled that he suggested the Prime Minister to initiate and lead ‘Sun Son Movement’, in which, all the country that have high solar radiation will participate. “But this requires a strong political will. It is unfortunate that the present rulers of government of India do not desire to realize this dream”, he said.
US Consul General Mr. Peter Hesh said that the developed nations are also eager to invest and partner Gujarat in various fields including solar energy, which is a proof of Gujarat’s global recognition.
Radhanpur MLA Shankar Chaudhary, GEDA Chairman I.M.Bhavsar, Senior Climate Change Specialist of Asian Development Bank Mr. Naoki Sakai, Mr. Dana Yangar of International Finance Corporation, Principal Secretary to Energy Mr. Pandiyan, government officials, owners of solar energy firms, local leaders and villagers were present on the occasion.
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GUJARAT HAVE TO HELP OTHER INDIAN STATE FOR
DOING THIS TYPE OF CLEAN ENERGY GENERATION WORK AND THERE BENEFIT.
JAY GUJARAT.
Charanka solar park has now become world’s largest solar plant and no mention of the news in the national media of India. Very shameful!
Such biased media with destroy world’s biggest democracy. I am utterly disgusted by mainstream media’s ignorance of such a big event which can make whole nation proud of.
Journalists working for such biased media should die of shame! They have sold their souls for a little money which may have no weight compared to such historic event which they didn’t cover.
Dear JP,
Good Coverage ! Congratulation!
It is a pleasure to be a part of event and more than that it is a matter of proud for Gujarat to have 600MW installed capacity in a state.
Today marks one of the biggest sadbhaavanaa for Maa Nature by humanity.
Now let us aim to clean all the Mother rivers of Garvi Gujarat and protect her from rape by a cheap management aided by a impotent mute Govt. administration.
There is huge cost involved to maintain an efficient solar cells, and research is a absolute must which Gujarat has rightly focused. Bring solar education much earlier in schools along with Surya Namaskar, perhaps through solar powered toys. जय श्री राम!
Congratulation to shri Modiji…
He himself proved that He is a real Solarman…
No any news,coverage by MEDIA regarding Solar Park function…
No need to worry about the cheap,corrupt,selfish,lier etc,etc,etc…Media…
now a days everybody knows about this type of MEDIA…
MODIJI aap aage badho,6 crores nahi 60 crores log aapke saath hai…
Many Many Congratulation to shri MODIJI…
He himself proved as a real Solarman…
No any news,coverage by Media regarding Solar Park function
No need to worry about cheap,corrupt,selfish,lier etc,etc,etc MEDIA…
Now a days everybody knows about this type of MEDIA…
Anyway keep it up MODIJI…
MODIJI aap aage badho,6 crores nahi 60 crores log aapke saath hai…
This is a huge acheivement for Gujarat government. I cann’t think of any other CM who could first of all have this kind of vision and then ability to execute and that too just in one year. There are not enough words to express the role Modi has played in make us Gujaratis proud and prosper in future.
I hope that in future years, companies invest in Gujarat to manufacture solar cells used for solar plants. Several years back, companies started establishing their solar cells manufacturing units in USA. However, just in past couple of years, with patronage from Government, Chinese companies were able to make solar cells at much cheaper rate and have completely wiped out American companies. If nothing else, we can have domestic and international companies set up their own manufacturing units in Gujarat.
Equally important is facilities for hi-tech R&D as well as skilled manpower. I find Modi’s idea of having a body like OEPAC very interesting but unless we are doing lot of research and leading the technology, this idea won’t go too far. Today we are really using the foreign technology but hopefully “School for Solar Energy” will be well managed, will have well designed curriculum and high quality teachers, who in turn will churn out high quality students who will lead indegenious R&D.
i am Proud of Gujarat & also our minister Mr. NarendraBhai Modi,
we are generating & utilized of solar energy in our state Gujarat.
Many Many Congratulation to shri MODIJi…..
When the leader is trustworthy,your vote is worthy,he is the sarthi and GOD is Maharathi. Anything is possible when selfishness and corruption are not the priority. For Namo Seva is the priority and he will fight & put his life on line for people. What else you can ask from a leader in exchange of your vote. No human is perfect,but he is the great proven leader that everyone loves dearly. How many big corporation and companies in the world have done business honestly ? If honesty was there, today world would have been different. Let Namo be the leader and the world will be ashamed and change their corrupted ways if they want to be called superior. It will be a chain reaction for better.
YESTERDAY I,WAS WATCHING ALL MAIN STREAM NATIONAL NEWS PAPERS AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA,CNN-IBN,SAMAY,TIMES-HOUR,ETC.BUT NOT A SINGAL WORD WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THIS PRIDE EVENT OF
SOLAR-PARK COMISSION.SAME ON THAT.NOT A SINGAL WORD FROM THOSE ASS CONGRESSI.
THAT WAS NOT MODIJI’S PERSONEL EVENT.THAT WAS THE EVENT FOR WHOLE COUNTRY.GUJARAT
HAS BECOME THE HUB FOR THAT.NOW ANYONE CAN IMAGE THAT HOW THESE BASTARDS ARE SOLD?
THEY ARE TRAITOR,SLAVES.WE DONOT CARE.WE KNOW THEM SINCE MANY YEARS.
IT IS UNJUSTICE TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIA WHO THINK THAT NOT A SINGAL NICE THINGS HAPPEN
IN INDIA.WHEN GUJARAT IS EVERYDAY DOES PRIDE WORK FOR WHOLE COUNTRY.
WHO CARES REALY ABOUT THOSE “VARNA-SHANKAR”? YESTEDAY THE DIGNATORIES FROM DIFFERENT
PART OF THE WORLD TOOK PLACE AT DIAS,PROVED HOW IMPORTANT AND PRIDE EVENT IT WAS?
YESTERDAY NOTHING BUT AGNI-5 MISSILES LAUNCHING.THAT IS GOOD NEWS BUT NOT NEW.PART OF THE
PRIVIOUS PROGRAME.WHEN ARMY HAS BASIC “DABBA-BRAND”EQUIPMENT,NO ARTLARY,NO UPDATE AIR-CRAFT,
NO,UP-DATE TECHNOLOGY,THAN WHAT ONLY ONE MISSILES GOING TO DO?
I,THINK THE YOUNG GENERATION HAS TO BE AGRESSIVE IN E-MAIL,FACE-BOOK,YOU-TUBE,ETC.AND MAKE PEOPLE AWARE HOW THIS GREAT LEADER WORKING?
NO,MATTER WHAT OTHERS DO.NO BODY IS GOING TO CHANGE DESTINY.GOD HAS GIVEN THE DESTINY TO
MODIJI FOR P.M.SHIP REGARDLESS.
JAI HIND,JAI…JAI..GARVI GUJARAT
Upen: Our media had no training in reporting true stories or anything good about Gujarat. They are bussy twisting news to make up stories and then print, gossips. Thank GOD other countries were present to witness and Washington Post covered the news.
Modi ji or samast deshwashiyo or gujrat ki janta ko hardik subhkamnaye. Modi ji is the last option for PM post. its my view….. sir you are doing great job…. sir, congratulate once again…
media ab kyu soya hai,,, kyuu wo ise head lines nhi bnata,,, i think india ka media bika hai jo modi ji kai acchee karyo ko highlight nhi krta or bina vajah against news front pr dikata hai… but modi ji ka workkkk bolta haiiiii,,, nice sir ji. et ka jwab ptttar saiii… bole to vikas sai…. jai hind, hai bharat
Great Feat .. One thing i want to correct ” Modi recalled that the nation had launched its first space shuttle ‘Soyuz-1’ and the first satellite ‘Aryabhatt’ on April 19. ” Soyuz is not Indian Space shuttle It’s Russian space shuttle
I will establish solar power plant in futur but I have no guideline in solar power plant thus please government give me guideline in solar power plant.
My heartily congrates to Modiji and the public of Gujrat for functional park in a record time of just one year.