UP to transform 17 cities into Solar Cities

LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh: To cut emissions and give impetus to renewable energy, the Government of Uttar Pradesh will develop all 17 municipal corporations in the state as solar cities.

In Ayodhya, the government is already working to establish a 40 MW solar power plant on 165 acres of land, which will become operational by March 2025. Sources said a 14MW solar plant has already been made functional in Ayodhya.

After achieving the target of Solar Cities, the government plans to create Solar Villages using a similar approach.

Ratan Singh, Additional General Manager, NTPC Green Energy Limited, said that the 40MW solar plant will be able to generate over eight crore units of power every year, which will be transmitted to the Darshan Nagar sub-station via a 132/33KV overhead powerline. Once operational, it will meet 10 per cent of the power demand of the town.

As per the sources, “The success of Ayodhya plant has motivated govt to push solar policy implementation across the remaining 16 municipal bodies. Soon, solar power plants will come in Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Prayagraj, Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Varanasi and Mathura-Vrindavan.”