In the desert outside Jodhpur, AES, an American energy developer, built a five-megawatt, $20 million solar photovoltaic power plant. This stretch of desert, lightly populated and ripe with solar energy potential, represents almost precisely what Rajasthan and Delhi envision for a 21st century renewable energy sector. The sun shines 325 days a year.

In the desert outside Jodhpur, AES, an American energy developer, built a five-megawatt, $20 million solar photovoltaic power plant. This stretch of desert, lightly populated and ripe with solar energy potential, represents almost precisely what Rajasthan and Delhi envision for a 21st century renewable energy sector. The sun shines 325 days a year.

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