Question: World’s largest rooftop solar power plant inaugurated in which of the following state?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Punjab
(c) Haryana
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans:(b)
Related facts:
- On 17 May 2016 Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has inaugurated the world’s largest single rooftop solar power plant at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh campus in Beas near Amritsar in Punjab.
- It is a Rs139 crore project has the capacity of 11.5 MW and is spread over 82 acres.
- This project has been installed by the Radha Soami Satsang Beas Educational and Environmental Society (RSSBEES) with technical collaboration of Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA ).
- Earlier the Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Centre, Las Vegas in the United States was the biggest solar photovoltaic power station in the world having 6.4 megawatts (MW) capacity.
Reference:
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/05/18/largest-solar-power-plant_n_10016914.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/world-s-largest-rooftop-solar-power-plant-inaugurated-in-punjab-116051701113_1.html