KALPETTA: In a bid to meet daily lectricity requirement, government offices in Wayanad are switching to green energy. As many as 83 institutions including schools, police stations, hospitals and other government offices will soon be lit up with solar energy in the hill district, thanks to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB)’s ambitious ‘Soura’ scheme. With commissioning of the solar power plants, KSEB is targeting to generate 1.8 MW electricity.
KSEB has completed the first phase of its ambitious scheme in the district by setting up 100 plants by spending Rs8 crore. As per the plan, 90% of total electricity generated from the grid connected plants will be taken by KSEB while the remaining 10% will be utilised to meet the power requirement of respective offices, said Soura scheme district project engineer N K Chandradas.
The officer added the…