Four New 1000 MW Solar Powerplants - Well Done, India!

It is encouraging to go to bed with this good news from The Economic Times. Rajasthanm Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, all states that receive high DNI, will receive new 1000 MW solar powerplants each. The government also plans to advance the deadline for 20,000 MW of solar power set by the previous government. I would hope, as a next step, that large government buildings and railway stations will see solar panels on their roofs. There is a lot of area that is currently wasted and that could be covered with solar PVs to generate power that is currently remotely generated at distant powerplants and fed in over long distance transmission lines. I hope that this is a beginning, and not an end in itself. It does look like the new government has got down to business fast. Here's wishing them success!