NTPC set to construct India's largest solar power park in Kutch

Ministry okays 4.75-Gw solar power project

Kutch region in Gujarat, the largest salt desert in the country and host to two of India’s largest coal-fired power plants, will now add another feather to its cap.

The country’s largest power generator, NTPC, through its renewable energy arm, will construct what would be India’s largest single local solar power park of 4.75 Gigawatt (Gw) in Kutch. NTPC Renewable Energy (NTPC-REL) has received the approval of the nodal ministry of new and renewable energy, said a company’s statement. 

NTPC-REL plans to use this project for production of green hydrogen, too. Hydrogen produced from renewable sources is called green hydrogen. 

NTPC-REL was given