State mineral and mining PSU Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd said that it will set up a 5 MW solar plant on the reclaimed land of mined out pits at Panandhro in Kutch district.

Mr VS Gadhavi CMD of GMDC said that “It will be for the first time in country that a 5 MW solar plant shall be set up on the reclaimed land of mined out pits. The project would serve as a milestone for the mining industry of the country to replicate.”

Tapping the opportunities in the non-convention energy sector, GMDC has set up a 100 MW wind power project during the period under review.

Mr Gadhavi said that “We have set up a 100 MW wind power project and during the quarter ended June 30th 2011, the power generated from it was 58 million units thereby generating a revenue of INR 20 crore.”

He added that “On the power front, our lignite fed power plant produced 346 MUs for the quarter under review.”

(Sourced from FE)