India's biggest state - Rajasthan - has the amount of land and radiation volumes needed to play an important part in the country's harnessing of solar energy, a report has said, which could tie in with the increase of investment demand for solar cell technology in Asia.

Speaking to the Times of India, Naresh Pal Gangwar, chairman and managing director of Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation, said the organisation has received 90 proposals worth 3,000 megawatts of capacity to set up solar power ventures.

Projects already approved include those from Moser Baer Photovoltaic, Par Solar and Jindal Power and this could bolster solar cell research and development to meet India's expectations of becoming a significant solar energy producer.

"We have prepared a land bank for solar projects. The size of the areas starts from five megawatts onwards. This infrastructure is complemented by an extensive evacuation system, which is being used for wind energy," Mr Gangwar told the publication.

It was recently reported on ECNAsiamag.com that Nader Tadros, commercial marketing and eCommerce director for Premier Farnell Asia Pacific, stated semiconductor demand in the region is pushed up by a number of sectors including solar cell developments.

 

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