The Solar Gujarat...

In line with India’s pledge to promote renewable energy and reduce Green House Gas emissions,  Indian Authorities have today given an in-principle nod to develop 48 cities as Solar Cities in India.
According to the Government press release 37 out of these 48 cities have already been sanctioned. These are the cities which have already engaged consultants for preparation of Master Plans to execute these Solar Projects.
The cities were identified based on their population (between 50,000 to 50 lakh) and an amount of Rs.17.23 crore has been sanctioned to develop these Solar Cities!

Following is the list 48 Solar cities to be developed in India
Sr.No. State Cities for which in-principle approval given

1 Andhra Pradesh 1.  Vijayawada*
2 Assam 2.  Guwahati*,
3.  Jorhat*
3 Arunachal Pradesh 4.  Itanagar*
4 Chandigarh 5. Chandigarh *
5 Chhattisgarh 6.  Bilaspur*
7.  Raipur*
6 Gujarat 8. Rajkot*
9. Gandhinagar*
10.Surat*
7 Goa 11.  Panji City*
8 Haryana 12. Gurgaon*
13. Faridabad*
9 Himachal Pradesh 14.  Shimla *
15.  Hamirpur*
10 Karnataka 16. Mysore*
17. Hubli-Dharwad*
11 Kerala 18. Thiruvananthapuram
19. Kochi
12 Maharashtra 20. Nagpur *
21. Thane*
22.Kalyan-Dombiwali*
23. Aurangabad
24. Nanded
25. Shirdi*
13 Madhya Pradesh 26. Indore
27.Gwalior*
28. Bhopal
29. Rewa
14 Manipur 30. Imphal*
15 Mizoram 31. Aizawl*
16 Nagaland 32. Kohima*
33.Dimapur*
17 Orissa 34. Bhubaneswar*
18 Punjab 35.  Amritsar*
36.  Ludhiana*
37. SAS Nagar (Mohali)
19 Rajasthan 38. Ajmer
39. Jaipur
40. Jodhpur*
20 Tamil Nadu 41. Coimbatore *
21 Tripura 42. Agartala*
22 Uttrakhand 43. Dehradun*
44.  Haridwar&Rishikesh*
45. Chamoli-Gopeshwar*
23 Uttar Pradesh 46. Agra*
47. Moradabad*
24 West Bengal 48. Howrah
What is a Solar City?
The Solar City aims at minimum 10% reduction in projected demand of conventional energy at the end of five years, through a combination of enhancing supply from renewable energy sources in the city and energy efficiency measures. [source]
The basic aim is to motivate the local Governments for adopting renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency measures. In a Solar City all types of renewable energy based projects like solar, wind, biomass, small hydro, waste to energy etc. are installed along with possible energy efficiency measures depending on the need and resource availability in the city.
In the process of creating Gandhinagar as Solar city, SOLAR ROOF TOP POLICY has been adopted. In recently concluded  Indian Solar Investment and Technology Summit,  at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, a unique initiative has been implemented. On the roof tops of private and Government buildings, solar plants will be set up and solar power would be generated from it. 2 companies would be generating 5 mega watt solar energy and the owners offering roof tops for solar energy creation would be rewarded with Rs. 3 per unit for 25 years by the companies.
Under the Roof top policy, Sun Addition and Assyour has signed MOU’s with Gujarat Govt. and will be creating 2.5 mega watt power each. Torrent Power Company will be buying the created energy.      
Dr. Jivraj Mehta Bhavan or more popularly known as Old  Sachivalay, is to have 1 megawatt plant activated. More than 60 constructions  would be brought under Roof Top Solar Energy Project in Gandhinagar. Out of which, 80% would be Govt. buildings where as 20% would be privately owned. The minimum required area to lay the Solar panel is 2000 square feet.
After the Gandhinagar turns into Solar City, the next in the queue are Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara and Bhavnagar.
And,
The unstoppable Modi Govt. in Gujarat is on the path of creating “Solar Gujarat”...