State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd today said it has commissioned the country's second largest rooftop solar power plant. <br/><br/>A company statement says that firm has installed a 5.76 MWp (Mega Watt peak) solar plant at its petrochemical complex at Pata in Uttar Pradesh.<br/><br/>The plant over the roofs of warehouses covers a total area of 65,000 square meters.<br/><br/>With an expected PLF of around 15 per cent annually, over 79 lakh KWh of electricity is targeted to be generated for captive use of India's largest gas-based petrochemicals plant.<br/><br/>Tata Power Solar had in December 2015 commissioned a 12 MW solar rooftop project in Amritsar, which produces more than 150 lakh units of power annually and offset over 19,000 tonne of carbon emissions every year.<br/><br/>India is planning to have 40 GW of rooftop photovoltaics (PV) by 2022. The Captive solar power initiative of GAIL will reduce carbon emissions by 6,300 tonnes per annum and help India achieve climate goals, the statement said. <br/>