New solar station at Agartala will save energy worth INR 6mn

• A new 1-megawatt rooftop-mounted solar station at the Indian National Institute of Technology Agartala is predicted to save 6 million rupees on electricity annually.

Commissioning of the photovoltaic system was performed by a private firm from the Indian state of Odisha. The installation is worth approximately 65 million rupees. The station was approved by MNRE and inaugurated by Sanjay Dhotre, MHRD of India.

Previously, Agartala’s institute used to purchase high-priced power from Tripura State Electricity Corp. The new power station is estimated to save the NIT about 500 thousand rupees on electricity monthly. 

Five months ago, the 1.2-megawatt on-campus PV station was commissioned at Akal University in the town of Talwandi Sabo. The plant development cost 52 million rupees, 17 million of which was subsidized by MNRE. The installation covers about 120 thousand ft² in fourteen locations. It comprises 3,750 solar panels and is said to be the biggest one installed at Punjab’s rural institutes. The facility is estimated to provide 80% of the university’s and local Akal academies’ electricity needs. 

Half a year earlier, a new grid-tied rooftop PV plant came online at AMU. Taken together, the on-campus solar installations at the public university have a combined capacity of 6.5 megawatts, being the biggest solar array installed in Indian educational institutions. Almost 4.8 megawatts of the total capacity has come into operation more than 2 years ago. Besides, Aligarh Muslim hosts a 3.3-megawatt ground mount PV station – the biggest among Indian academies.