India’s Anantapur District to Install 40,000 Solar Panels and Save $1 Million per Year
Posted By Lidija Grozdanic On February 26, 2013 @ 2:30 pm In News,Renewable Energy,Solar Power | No Comments
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Southern India’s Anantapur District will be the first municipality in the country to use solar energy [5] for street lighting and water pumping operations. The solar project, consisting of nearly 40,000 solar panels [6], will be connected to the existing power grid and will save $1 million every year, according to the municipal authorities.
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The solar project will be constructed under India’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). Located in Kadiri area of Anantapur District spread over 10,000 acres of barren land, the 5-megawatt solar installation is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions [8] by about 180,000 tons during its 25-year life span. The Anantapur solar project will also be the first project in the state to use Abound Solar Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) thin-film modules [9] which are among the lowest-cost types of solar cells.
Energy generated from nearly 40,000 solar panels [10] will result in over $1 million in savings. The project will cost about $11 million, and those costs are expected to be recovered in 11 years. The district authorities are hoping to get financial support from the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and use the savings to repay the loan.
Via CleanTechnica [11]
Photos from Wikimedia Commons [12]
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