Uttarakhand Chief Minister Wants All State-Buildings To Be Powered By Solar Panels

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami wants all the government offices to have solar power panels installations in days to come. The Uttarakhand Chief Minister, to raise the solar installations in the state, directed the officers to make solar panels mandatory in all government offices. He said that the quest for solar power in government buildings will begin from the State Secretariat.

Moreover, Dhami instructed the officials to make solar panels mandatory in large size commercial buildings in Uttarakhand.

The direction has come just after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Solar Panel Scheme for 1 crore households across India.

The Uttarakhand State Solar Policy 2023 was announced recently that places a premium especially on rooftop solar, community solar, setting up solar villages, behind the meter projects (with energy storage). The Himalayan state wants to achieve 2000-MW of solar energy. The draft solar policy will be implemented by the energy department and will be aimed at providing relief to those who will set up solar plants upto 25 MW in Uttarakhand.

The policy mentions that the state has a capacity of 600 MW for large solar power projects, 250 MW for residential solar, 750 MW for commercial and industrial solar spaces, 350 MW for institutions and 50 MW in the agricultural farmlands.

Uttarakhand has several significant policies in place that give a push to solar energy. ‘Self Employment Through Solar Farming’, ‘Mukhayamantri Saur Swarojgar Yojna (MSSY) Scheme’ are significant among them.

Last December, Rays Power Infra Ltd, a player in the solar energy sector, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Uttarakhand Government to build a 500 MW solar park.

Independent Power Producer KPI Green Energy Limited, in partnership with Advait Infratech Limited, also signed an MoU with the Uttarakhand Government with an eye on setting up a 500 MW solar park under the Captive Power Producer (CPP) segment.

As things have begun to move in Uttarakhand on the solar front, Luminous Power Technologies is building its state-of-the-art solar panel manufacturing plant in the industrial region of Rudrapur. Luminous said that the production facility is being equipped with the latest technology to design and produce high-quality solar panels that will be used for both residential and commercial applications.