India's first canal-top solar plant, a 1 MW project inaugurated in April 2012, was set up near which place?

Chandrasan, Mehsana. The 1 MW plant sits over a 750 m stretch of a Narmada branch canal near Chandrasan in Mehsana district. Vadodara hosts the later 10 MW plant, which began generating in November 2014. Lalitpur was a sanctioned pilot-scheme site, not the first plant. Read more: SciTech0215 Canal-Top Solar: India's 131 GW Land-Free Option

Assertion (A): Canal-top solar plants cost more than ground-mounted plants. Reason (R): They need elevated steel structures, and mounting is about 40% of capex. Which one of the following is correct?

Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A. Canal-top plants span the water on elevated steel structures. Mounting is about 40% of capex, which raises cost over ground-mounted plants. So R explains A. Read more: SciTech0215 Canal-Top Solar: India's 131 GW Land-Free Option

PM Surya Sarovar Yojana targets 5,000 MW of floating solar with at least 2-hour co-located storage. What minimum storage capacity does this imply?

10,000 MWh. 5,000 MW for 2 hours gives 10,000 MWh. The scheme has a Rs 5,070 crore outlay and CFA of Rs 1 crore per MW. Read more: SciTech0215 Canal-Top Solar: India's 131 GW Land-Free Option

Which describes the support under MNRE's 2014-15 canal-top and canal-bank pilot scheme?

Rs 3 crore/MW for canal-top and Rs 1.5 crore/MW for canal-bank, or 30% of project cost, whichever is lower. Canal-top gets the higher support of Rs 3 crore/MW, as it is costlier to build. Canal-bank gets Rs 1.5 crore/MW. The cap is 30% of project cost, whichever is lower. Read more: SciTech0215 Canal-Top Solar: India's 131 GW Land-Free Option

Consider the following statements about the 2024 CSTEP-co-authored assessment of canal-top solar in India. 1. It estimates canal-top plus canal-bank potential at about 131 GW. 2. It assumed vertical bifacial installations for canals wider than 30 m. 3. Maharashtra is among the five states with the highest estimated potential. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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