Solar Rooftops
Recently Commissioner Secretary, Science and Technology (S&T), chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat here to discuss and review the progress regarding strategy for saturation of Solar Rooftops on Government buildings in J&K under RESCO mode by NHPC-REL.
During the meeting, Commissioner Secretary took a review of action plan from the NHPC-REL for solarisation of Government buildings across UT under RESCO mode.
He directed NHPC-REL to sign MoU with four beneficiary departments regarding roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders and share monthly progress with S&T department on monthly basis.
He advised REC to conduct a Business Investment Seminar in the UT of J&K where investors across the country would be invited to showcase the business prospect in solar sector. During the meeting it was informed that NHPC-REL being a Project Implementing Agency has been given the task of carrying out solarisation of about 2838 Government buildings with a cumulative capacity of about 63 MWs .
The meeting was also informed that Prime Minister’s office has sought a firm commitment from all States and Union Territories to solarize all Government buildings by installation of Rooftop Solar Power Plants with a view to reduce energy bills and dependence of fossil fuels to achieve the renewable power obligations under various national and international commitments. Accordingly, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has nominated REC Ltd. and CPSU-NHPC as the project monitoring and project implementing agencies respectively for the said project.
