The largest power plant in the world is under construction, and it’ll produce enough clean energy to fuel entire countries like Belgium, Chile, or Switzerland.It will cover 200 square miles — nearly the size of Chicago.
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) is building the solar and wind power plant in a salt desert in the western Indian state of Gujarat. AGEL is the clean energy unit of the Adani Group, the biggest coal miner and importer in India founded by billionaire Gautam Adani in 1988. Adani is currently the second richest person in Asia, according to Forbes.
The Adani Group has promised to dump $70 billion into clean energy by 2030 — including $20 billion on this project alone — as India tries to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, CNN reported.
“There is no choice for India but to start doing things at a previously unimagined size and scale,” Sagar Adani, the 30-year-old nephew of Gautum Adani and the executive director of AGEL, told CNN.
The project, expected to be finished in five years, will create 15,200 green jobs and produce enough clean energy to power 16 million Indian homes, AGEL said in a press release on its website.Source: Business Insider
