Solar Power Cells Over Water Bodies [Narmada Canal, Gujarat]
How much feasible and advantageous is this?
One that we can think of immediately is that this is a clean energy resource. Secondly, the need of land is reduced and we prevent the evaporation of lakhs of litres of water since the canal will be covered.
This is a Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited's (GSECL) project for 1 MW.
The engineering, procurement and construction contract for the project has been awarded to Sun Edison at a cost of Rs 17.71 crore. This is slightly higher than a traditional solar plant, where panels are mounted on land, which costs in the region of Rs14-15 crore for 1 MW.
The project will be complete in the next 2-3 weeks. What are your views about this?