The agriculture sector consumes 12,221 million units per year. Hence, the government has proposed to tap solar power to meet this power requirement
Vijayawada: The state government on Monday issued an order fulfilling the promise of nine-hour free power during daytime for the farmers. This is likely to cost the governmentRs 8,900 crore.
The agriculture sector consumes 12,221 million units per year. Hence, the government has proposed to tap solar power to meet this power requirement. Accordingly, it had assessed 300 sunny days, promising an average power generation of 5.75 KW. West Godavari, Chittoor, Kadapa, Ananthapur and Kurnool districts have been identified to get solar power in the first phase and solar plants have been proposed in West Godavari, Chittoor and Nellore districts. The cabinet had already cleared the solar power project to generate 10,000 MW power that would meet the government’s promise of nine-hour free power.
The government has also decided to lease out land for the power plants, the GO said. The district collectors would be asked to identify the government land, assigned land and patta land to be leased out. If the assigned and patta land are acquired for the solar plants, the government would pay the due share of lease amount to the respective assignees and owners, the GO said.
Source: energy.economictimes.indiatimes
