On A Big Solar Mission: How India Slashed Costs, Created 'Bid Euphoria'

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by Jessica Lillian on Thursday 26 April 2012

Can India build 20 GW of grid-connected solar power by 2022? The country's ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (NSM), launched in January 2010, has already reached a few eye-catching milestones. Project highlights in just the past month include thecompletion of the 214 MW Gujarat solar park, which is reportedly the largest PV project in Asia, and a 40 MW plant developed by Reliance Power in Rajasthan. On the concentrating solar power (CSP) side, AREVA Solar recently announced plans to build a 250 MW CSP project - the largest of its kind in Asia - in India.