The Asian Development Bank has approved a $100 million loan to help finance the construction of new solar power facilities in the Indian state of Gujarat.
The funds will be used for transmissions lines, a substation and other equipment needed to collect and distribute solar power from plants in Gujarat’s Charanka Solar Park, ADB said in a statement. A portion of the loan will go towards a vocational training program for some 300 people in the state.
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