India Plans to Construct Renewable Energy “Beast” Project
A new report shows that India is transforming the Rann of Kutch into what is set to become the world’s largest renewable energy hub. This great region is a huge salt marsh located in the Thar Desert. It is said to be one of the biggest salt deserts globally, spanning about 26,000km2. At the heart of this effort is the 30-gigawatt Khavda Renewable Energy Park, a massive hybrid wind and solar installation. Once fully operational, the facility is expected to supply electricity to around 18 million homes. The project, which is positioned across roughly 72,600 hectares of largely unused land…