South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has claimed to be the first civic body in India to generate solar energy by installing solar penal over the rooftop of its buildings and earn a huge amount in three months by exporting surplus power to a power distribution company BSES.
A senior SDMC official said 2500 KW power is being generated by installing solar penal over 55 buildings, 54 schools and one community center of the civic body. “The corporation has earned Rs 9.69 lakh by exporting surplus power to BSES,” he said.
Amal Sinha, CEO of BSES presented a cheque of the balance amount after deducting bill amount of arrears of consumptions in the buildings to the SDMC Commissioner Dr Puneet Kumar Goel.
Goel said that Rs 3.14 lakh units were generated by the move and Rs 2 lakh units have been exported after internal consumption of 1.14 lakh units.
He further said that SDMC has saved a huge amount by generating power on its own and even earned lakhs of rupees by exporting surplus power. “Rs. 12 crore was invested in setting up of solar energy panel over 55 buildings and the cost will be recovered in just five years,” he informed.
The SDMC will install solar penal over rooftops of its 111 buildings by June 2o18 and over more than 400 buildings by June 2019, an official said.