With an aim to promote usage of renewable energy, the Haryana Renewable Energy Department has decided to provide 105 solar power plants of one kilowatt each with battery backup at subsidised cost to the rural as well as urban households in the State.
The solar power plants would be provided at a cost of over Rs1.41 crore during the current financial year.
Minister of State for Mines and Geology and Renewable Energy, Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said that along with battery of one kilowatt each, five solar power plants would be provided in each district.
He said that the plant which cost over Rs1.34 lakh each would be provided to the identified households on subsidised cost through the office of Additional Deputy Commissioners.
The Minister added that one kilowatt solar power plant could operate one TV, four ceiling fans, five tube lights and six CFls with six hours.