By means of PTI
NEW DELHI: As a part of a mega inexperienced initiative, the Union house ministry has made up our minds to arrange rooftop solar power panels in all installations of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) around the nation.
The transfer will lend a hand generate solar energy as much as 71.68 megawatts and facilitate use of inexperienced energy in a lot of safety institutions all over India.
As a step towards the Govt of India’s efforts to advertise renewable power and thereby transfer against a carbon-neutral financial system, the house ministry has initiated a suggestion to put in solar power panels at the campuses of the CAPFs and the Nationwide Safety Guard (NSG), a remark from the Ministry of House Affairs mentioned.
Accordingly, a Memorandum of Working out (MoU) was once signed on Would possibly 6 between the house ministry and the Sun Power Company of India Restricted (SECI) right here within the presence of Union house secretary and secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Power, the remark mentioned.
This umbrella MoU envisages collaboration between the 2 events for collectively enterprise set up of sun rooftop photovoltaic energy panels.
The CAPFs – the CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP and SSB – have a blended power of about 10 lakh staff and they’re deployed in several portions of the rustic in more than a few safety tasks.
At the foundation of to be had knowledge, the SECI has estimated a complete solar energy attainable of 71.68 MW within the campuses of the CAPFs and the NSG.
The SECI, having experience within the box of solar energy tasks, will both at once or thru an company or companies decided on thru a aggressive bidding procedure, helps the house ministry in enforcing rooftop sun PV energy panels.
