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Currently ,the world’s largest solar power plant is located in Mojave Desert of California with a planned capacity of around 900 MW in few years. The US-based Clinton Foundation is in talks with the Gujarat government in India to set up an ‘Integrated Solar City’ project with a capacity to generate a 5GW of power.Upon implementation , Gujarat in India will have the world's largest solar power plant at a single location with five times the capacity of the mojave desert solar power plant . The Gujarat government has roped in US-based Nobel Laureate John Byrne for charting the state’s solar road map and is considering Kutch and Banaskantha as favaourable locations. It will be a landmark project as the cost of power generation is likely to be 75 percent of the conventional cost of generation from fossil fuels. The project envisages an integrated solar city wherein all the raw materials including glass and panels will be produced by them, bringing down the cost substantially.According to estimates of Clinton Foundation, the power produced in the solar city will cost around Rs 4 per unit(8cents/unit).A number of corporates including Essar, Indiabulls, Reliance, ADAG, Tata Power, Suryachakra and Euro Group have also lined up solar projects in the state