Pavagada solar park in India

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 18 October 2016 at 00:39:17 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 05 November 2016 at 05:10:02 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 18 March 2018 at 00:39:21 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 20 March 2018 at 05:06:51 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, climate change, renewable energy, solar park, India
Fig. 1 - S2 (20.03.2018) - 8,4,3 colour composite - Pavagada solar park is the biggest of several solar parks in southern India.
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When completed, the Pavagada solar park is expected to produce 2,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 700,000 household.
Fig. 2 - S2 (20.03.2018) - 11,8,2 colour composite - Its location on an arid plateau is favorable to reach a good efficiency.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (20.03.2018) - 11,8,2 colour composite - This park was built from scratch in 2 years & should still to grow twofold.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (18.03.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - India has approved plans for 14 such solar parks.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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