Under a proposed plan, solar energy would provide the lion’s share of energy for Gandhinagar, making it India’s first “solar city.”
The blueprint calls for solar energy to be provided to all “major establishments in the city,” including state government offices, schools and hospitals, the major power consumers.
A one megawatt solar plant would be the source for much of this power, but the proposal also calls for solar cookers and solar water heaters to be distributed to schools, hospitals, hostels and guesthouses.
The plan, which was conceptualized by the state government, was developed by the Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA) – an agency that promotes clean energy for the state.
“The proposed ambitious plan would create the state capital as a first ‘solar city’ in India where the major necessities of power will be fulfilled through non-conventional sources of energy. At present, Gandhinagar, the base of major state government establishments, is consuming over four megawatts of power every day. With implementation of proposed plan the dependency of the state capital from the electricity power would be reduced to the negligible levels,” said S.B. Patil, deputy director of GEDA, a member of the team that designed blue print.
The blue print has been sent to State’s Department of Energy and Petrochemicals, which will choose the agency to execute it.
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