214 MW Charanka Solar Park

This is a coal plant outside of chief engineers office in Gandhinagar. It is unrelated to the Charanka solar park, but is a cool picture! 
In the summer Charanka can be as hot as 45 - 50 C (115 - 120 F)! Yikes! 

This row of panels has started to bend potentially from the ground below settling. I don't know who constructed this system, but hopefully the ground is done settling for their sake!

A 25 MW SunEdison power plant!

My partners in crime. The government of Gujarat was very kind in driving me along with the assistant engineer, his son (on the left), and another trainee to the site which was 4.5 hrs away. The man on the right is the state engineer for the region of Patan, which is where the Charanka solar park is situated.

The view from atop the 7 story observation tower. 




Inside the 25 MW SunEdison system. It is one long row!
A sea of panels.
SunEdison. Period.

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