PALAKKAD: Perumatty grama panchayat in the district has become famous for its successful fight against groundwater depletion by soft drink giant Coca-Cola. Now, another laurel is within reach. The panchayat in Chittur taluk is set to be the first grama panchayat in the State to run entirely on solar energy.
The pilot phase of the Rs.152-crore ‘total solar panchayat project' was inaugurated by installing solar panels in Perumatty Service Co-operative Bank building by K. Achuthan, MLA, on Tuesday. “If the pilot project succeeds the entire taluk will go green. Each house and commercial establishment will produce solar power and will run on it. Switching to solar power, by minimising carbon emission, is necessary to protect environment,” he said.
In his presidential address bank president K. Krishnankutty said that in this project the house owners would not have to incur any expense. The panels would be put up by implementing agency, Global Grid Power (GGP) Private Limited. This power thus produced would be given to the Kerala State Electricity Board after entering into a power purchase agreement with it. The board would pay for the power after deducting the cost for the power consumed by the house or institution. This would virtually make every household a solar power producer, he said.
Managing Director of GGP Sneha Soman in her report on the project said, “After more than four years of research the company come up with a strategy to help every individual in India switch to solar power without bearing added expenditure.
This scheme was envisaged after a thorough negotiation with various grama panchayats.
The Hindu 2-3-2011
The pilot phase of the Rs.152-crore ‘total solar panchayat project' was inaugurated by installing solar panels in Perumatty Service Co-operative Bank building by K. Achuthan, MLA, on Tuesday. “If the pilot project succeeds the entire taluk will go green. Each house and commercial establishment will produce solar power and will run on it. Switching to solar power, by minimising carbon emission, is necessary to protect environment,” he said.
In his presidential address bank president K. Krishnankutty said that in this project the house owners would not have to incur any expense. The panels would be put up by implementing agency, Global Grid Power (GGP) Private Limited. This power thus produced would be given to the Kerala State Electricity Board after entering into a power purchase agreement with it. The board would pay for the power after deducting the cost for the power consumed by the house or institution. This would virtually make every household a solar power producer, he said.
Managing Director of GGP Sneha Soman in her report on the project said, “After more than four years of research the company come up with a strategy to help every individual in India switch to solar power without bearing added expenditure.
This scheme was envisaged after a thorough negotiation with various grama panchayats.
The Hindu 2-3-2011
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