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The Canal Solar Power Project is a project launched in Gujarat, India, to use the 19,000-kilometre-long network of Narmada canals across the state for setting up solar panels to generate electricity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Now, Gujarat to cover Narmada canals with solar panels! )〕 It was the first ever such project in India. This project has been commissioned by SunEdison India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Solar power cells on Narmada canal to light up rural homes )〕 solar canal info1 The project is situated on the Narmada branch canal near Chandrasan village of Kadi taluka in Mehsana district. The pilot project will generate 1 MW() of clean energy per annum and also prevent evaporation of 9 million litres of water annually from the canal. The project virtually eliminates the requirement to acquire vast tracts of land and limits evaporation of water from the 750 meter long canal. ==Engineering and construction== The engineering, procurement and construction contract for the project was awarded to Sun Edison at a cost of Rs 177.1 million. The pilot project was developed on a 750-metre stretch of the canal by Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) with support from Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), which owns and maintains the canal network. The cost per megawatt of solar power, in this case, is likely to be much less than the estimated Rs 10-110 million, as the two banks of the canal will be used to cover the canal by installing solar power panel and the government will not have to spend much on creating basic infrastructure, including land acquisition . Gujarat has about 458 Kilometre of open main canal, while the total canal length, including sub-branches, is about 19,000 kilometre at present. When completed, the SSNNL's canal network will be about 85,000 km long. Assuming a utilisation of only 10% of the existing canal network of 19,000 kilometres, it is estimated that 2,200 MW of solar power generating capacity can be installed by covering the canals with solar panels. This also implies that 11,000 acres of land can be potentially conserved along with about 20 billion litres of water saved per annum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State pulls off rare feat in reaping Sun, saving water )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canal Solar Power Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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