The project was sanctioned under the National Solar Pond Programme by the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources in 1987 and completed in 1993 after a sustained collaborative effort by TERI, the Gujarat Energy Development Agency, and the GDDC (Gujarat Dairy Development Corporation Ltd).
Ministarstvo nekonvencionalnih izvora energije odobrilo je projekt u okviru nacionalnog program sunčevo jezerce 1987-te. godine, a izgrađeno je 1993. , nakon neprekidnog suradničkog truda TERI, Gujaretske agencije za energetski razvoj, i GDDC (Gujarat Dairy Development Corporation Ltd).