Thanjavur Corporation Moves Closer to First Solar Plant

• A 3 MW plant established under the Smart City Project is close to conclusion

Completing a project very first launched in January last year, the Thanjavur Corporation will tap quickly be able to touch solar power to produce 3 megawatts of electricity for its consumption from a solar energy plant being established on the outskirts of the town under the Smart City Project.

The ground installed solar project has actually been established on 10-acre of land near the civic body's sewer treatment plant operating at Sirajudheen Nagar near Samudhram Lake, on the outskirts of the community.

While the major section of the electrical power generation as well as distribution link functions worth 15 crore as well as civic works worth 2 crore had been finished, the work of connecting the power plant with the Tamil Nadu Generation as well as Distribution Corporation Limited network is in the last, and also is anticipated to be finished in February.

A 2nd solar plant of 2.4 MW capacity has also hurt out for the exact same area, back in December, 2021.

Projects under the Smart City Project have actually been proceeding slowly, and also this success story ideally will encourage many more to relocate quicker on their plans.

Metropolitan bodies throughout the country struggle with a perennial scarcity of financing, as well as in the future, ought to be taking a look at solar energy and other options like earning carbon credit histories by far better garbage disposal as well as performance to augment their financial resources.

A second key location naturally is the requirement for these bodies to be proactively involved with supporting the EV shift, both in terms of their very own vehicle fleets as well as supporting the establishment of wider EV billing networks.

By The Way, Surat Municipal Corporation was the very first municipal body to use solar energy for water treatment.