{"id":23082,"date":"2021-03-08T11:45:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T06:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/?p=23082"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:45:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T06:15:32","slug":"kerala-homes-or-mini-solar-power-stations-the-soura-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/2021\/03\/08\/kerala-homes-or-mini-solar-power-stations-the-soura-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerala Homes Or Mini Solar Power Stations; The Soura Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is no secret that all of us experienced cleaner air and enjoyed the peaceful sounds of nature during the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown and somewhere\u00a0down the line have vowed\u00a0to do our bit to help conserve the environment. I have been noticing a surge in the news\u00a0leading to more awareness about going green and using renewable sources of power, lately. Nations worldwide have taken serious note of the fact and have accelerated their efforts in this direction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the domestic arena, Kerala has committed to install <em>rooftop solar panels on 75,000 homes<\/em> to meet at least 25% of the state&#8217;s power needs from solar energy by 2022. Kerala\u00a0launched a new solar rooftop program in January\u00a0targeting the reduction of\u00a0carbon emissions and cutting\u00a0its reliance on imported power. The <em>Soura project<\/em>, as it is called aims to install solar panels on 75,000 homes, which will contribute 350 MW of power to\u00a0Kerala&#8217;s grid. The state still sits in the middle of the list of states in India\u00a0in terms of installed solar capacity.\u00a0 With this program, Kerala aims to convert each household into a &#8220;<em>mini solar power station<\/em>&#8221; to address the state&#8217;s power needs.\u00a0Any surplus electricity generated can be sold back to KSEB at a rate of Rs. 3\/kWh.\u00a0 The state currently has a population of more than 33 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hawaii-solar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hawaii-solar.jpg\" alt=\"Rooftop solar\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hawaii-solar.jpg 275w, https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hawaii-solar-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 275px, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another news, Minister N. Gadkari has also urged India&#8217;s growing MSME sector to avail the benefits of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenworldinvestor.com\/2016\/07\/29\/what-returns-can-i-get-from-a-rooftop-solar-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rooftop solar<\/a><\/strong> to bring down their operational cost. The MSMEs on average pay\u00a0Rs. 8\u00a0or more per unit for power consumption. Installing a rooftop solar system and using solar energy for their power needs will not only result in massive savings but also help them becoming <em>&#8220;Atma-nirbhar&#8221; <\/em>and will also reduce the overall carbon footprint of the nation<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;To assist MSMEs in implementing rooftop solar projects, the ministry is working with the\u00a0World Bank\u00a0on a credit guarantee program to make financing accessible to unrated MSMEs. Considering the rates of solar power from large utility power plants have come down to a record INR 1.99\/kWh, MSMEs must leverage this opportunity to bring down their energy expenses,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/renewable\/gadkari-urges-msmes-to-avail-concessional-finance-and-install-rooftop-solar\/81239150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is no secret that all of us experienced cleaner air and enjoyed the peaceful sounds of nature during the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown and somewhere\u00a0down the<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,101,45],"tags":[3283,3285,3286],"class_list":["post-23082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india-green-stocks-greeninvest","category-rooftop-solar","category-solar-renewable-energy-greeninvest","tag-kerala-rooftop-solar-program-2021","tag-kerala-soura-project","tag-kerala-mini-solar-power-station"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiec-india.org\/greenworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}