Gujarat has made remarkable achievements in the energy sector'

 Gujarat had made remarkable achievements in the energy sector in the last one decade, Minister of State for Energy, Saurabh Patel, claimed in the state Assembly.

"Gujarat is the only state where there is no load shedding. The policies framed for solar, wind, and tidal energy have helped the state become number one," Patel said, in reply to discussion on budgetary demands for Energy and Petroleum department.According to Patel, the state is set to have power production capacity of 18,457 MW by next year.

"By May this year, the state is expected to have 600 MW of solar power generation capacity, the highest by any state in the nation," Patel said.

The government had provided Rs 50 crore in FY 2012-13 budget for 50 MW power generation from tidal and geo-thermal sources, he said.

Patel also told the house that the state had installed capacity of 3,831 MW through gas-fired power plants. Due to shortfall in natural gas supply from Centre, the state was incurring losses to the tune of Rs 3,600 crore, he alleged.