The Haryana government will set up solar
power plants of 133 MW capacity by using ground and roof tops in the
state, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said today. Inaugurating a Rs
57.67 crore solar power plant of 10 MW capacity set up by Haryana Power
Generation Corporation Limited in the complex of Thermal Power Plant
here, he said the plant which has been set up on 48 acres of land will
generate 180 lakh units of electricity in a year.
He said that the people would get
environment friendly and pollution-free electricity through this system
of power generation. The government is working on a plan to generate
4000 MW solar electricity by the year 2022, he said.
He said that the solar plant set up in
Golden Jubilee year would not only save the fuel generated from
traditional energy sources but would also prove a milestone in
environment friendly power generation.
He said that advance management
activities for solar power projects have been started. The Chief
Minister said that government has been making efforts to generate
maximum electricity through solar energy.
For this, he said that government
provides subsidy on solar energy appliances for domestic use to various
organisations and institutions. Besides, government has also been making
efforts to install solar energy enabled equipments in government
buildings so as to reduce the pollution and promote greenery, he said.
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