Gujarat govt signs MOU with Clinton Climate Initiative

Clinton Climate Initiative Chairman Ira Magaziner and Gujarat Energy department Principal Secretary S.Jagdishan signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a solar park with the capacity to generate more than 3,000 Megawatts of electricity with investment of Rs 50,000 crore on Monday in Ahmedabad.

Speaking on the ocasion, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said, the Gujarat government has implemented a Solar Energy policy. In last three years, the state has tripled it power generation from non-conventional sources to become no.1 solar and wind power generating state in the country.

“Presently Gujarat is partnering with 34 world best companies to impliment solar energy projects in the state. Gujarat will not only become a leading state in solar energy generation but also become international hub of solar equipment manufacturing,” Modi said.

“Gujarat government is only fourth in the world that has decided to start separate Climate change department. After Solar and Wind energy policies, the government of Gujarat will now prepare a biomass energy policy and become the first state in the country to do this,” he added.