The
parks
will
cover
5,000
hectares
of
“wasteland”
along
Gujarat’s
northwestern
border
with
Pakistan,
near
the
towns
of
Patan,
Banaskatha,
Kutch
and
Surendranagar.
They
will
utilise
concentrating
solar-thermal
technology.
The
projects
will
consume
an
estimated
500bn
rupees
($10.3bn)
of
investment
over
the
next
several
years,
most
of
which
will
be
raised
through
corporate
partnerships
brokered
by
the
CCI,
a
non-profit
organisation
established
by
former
US
President
Bill
Clinton.
The
CCI
is
already
working
on
similar
CSP
projects
in
California,
South
Africa
and
Australia.
“We
chose
Gujarat
because
of
the
state’s
potential
and
its…
