SMC approves setting solar panels to produce 540 KW of solar power

SURAT: Standing committee of Surat Municipal Corporation ( SMC) approved tenders of setting up solar panals on 12 different locations to produce 540 kilo watt of electricity at the cost of Rs 4.58 crore.

Nirav Shah, chairman standing committee said that SMC has decided to develop unconventional sources of energy for producing electricity to maintain environment. After setting up three wind power stations, SMC has started concentrating on setting up solar panels to produce solar energy.

The contractor Vari Energies Private limited will not only set up solar panels at 12 places will also operate and maintain these panels for a period of ten years.

Once these panels are installed, the total capacity of SMC for generation of solar power would be 1390 kw. SMC gets Rs 11.36 per unit for each unit of electricity that it produces.

SMC has set a target to be self-sufficient produce the energy it requires through non-conventional means by the year 2020 and 35 per cent of it is already achieved by it in form of solar, wind and waste to power plants.