Under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy of Power Grid Corporation of India limited (PGCIl), a 100 Kilowatt solar plant will be inaugurated at Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal. It will be inaugurated by the Director of IIFM GA Kinhal and Additional General Manager of Power Grid PC Garg on Friday.
PGCIl is an undertaking of Energy Ministry of Government of India. PGCIl is committed to follow the Corporate Social Responsibility policy. It is to fulfill its term it established this 100 Kilowatt plant in the IIFM.
The plant that is constructed on the roof top is connected to the grid. The cost of the construction of this plant that uses Crystalline Silicon technique is Rs 70 lakh. Its capacity is estimated to be 1.55 lakh units per year. Using this technique 128 metric ton carbon dioxide can be reduced in the air.
The CSR of the power grid was started with Government of India’s CSR policy in 2009. The power grid insists on the development of the nearby areas and communities.
It is working in the areas of health, education, village development, women empowerment, environment and skill development in all over India.