Here is Question No. 84 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2022.
Q84. Consider the following statements:
Gujarat has the largest solar park in India.
Kerala has a fully solar-powered International Airport.
Goa has the largest floating solar photovoltaic project in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? a) 1 and 2 b) 2 only c) 1 and 3 d) 3 only
Answer (b)
Statement 1 is incorrect: Rajasthan tops the list of solar park installations in the country followed by Karnataka and then Andhra Pradesh. Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan, with a capacity of 2245 MW, is the world’s largest solar park.
Statement 2 is correct: Cochin International Airport, India’s first airport built under a public-private-partnership (PPP) model, becomes the first airport in the world that operates completely on solar power. This plant is the first Megawatt scale installation of a Solar PV system in the State of Kerala
Statement 3 is incorrect: Andhra Pradesh is now home to India’s largest floating solar power plant. State-run NTPC started operations at India’s largest floating solar PV project at its Simhadri thermal station in Visakhapatnam.