BHUBANESWAR: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has approved for setting up a 18 MW solar rooftop project in Odisha.
Presently, there are 4 MW rooftop solar power projects ongoing in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. An official from the ministry said, “The Ministry has approved for execution of the rooftop project in state with the capacity of 18 MW. Around 600 government buildings covering 17 key cities and towns will be used for solar energy generation under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.”
“The developers for the project will be selected using a tender which will be floated by the state run Green Energy Development Company Ltd. The selected developers will get a subsidy of 30 per cent from the ministry routed through Green Energy Development Company Ltd.” he added.
Odisha government has a plan to touch 2200 MW of solar energy by the year 2022 under its Renewable Energy Policy 2016.