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A 200 kWP rooftop
solar photovoltaic plant became operational on the campus of Sri Vishnu group of educational institutes here
on Saturday. M. Kamalakar Babu, Managing Director of the
Non-Conventional Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh formally
launched the plant. According to K.V.
Vishnu Raju, Chairman of Sri Vishnu Educational Society, the plant consists of 800 photovoltaic modules,
each designed with a generation capacity of 250Wp. The project, costing Rs.
2.07 crore, received Rs. 70 lakh subsidy from the Jawaharlal Nehru National
Solar Mission from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energies . The students
from Sri Vishnu Engineering College were actively involved in the installation
process. The power plant has been
designed, supplied, installed and commissioned by Varshini Power
Projects, Hyderabad. It is the biggest solar power plant in the
district as well as the biggest roof top project under APEPDCL, the release
said. Recently, the educational society also installed a solar PV plant on the
rooftop of its engineering college in Narsapur, Medak district near Hyderabad.
Green tech
Mr. Vishnu Raju said at the launching function that
the plant would generate 3 lakh units every year while the average monthly
power consumption by the group of five colleges and a high school stood at
24,000kWh. He stated that it was decided to increase the generation further
with the spread-over of photovoltaic panels on all the four water bodies
located on the campus and the parking spaces as part of the endeavour to
introduce green technologies into the group of colleges. The installation of
panels on the fringes of the water bodies also helps arrest evaporation of
water, he added.
Bio-manure
He further said that the educational society was
also contemplating installation of a biogas plant and sewage treatment plant on
the campus shortly. The group of colleges, with over 13,000 students, produces
2 lakh litres of sludge and huge quantities of bio-waste. The STP, proposed to
be installed with Rs. 30 lakh, is expected to recycle the sludge and the sludge
cakes produced in the process could be supplied to farmers for use as manures
in the fields, he added.
Objective
He said the solar plant was intended to reduce the
dependence by the group of colleges on conventional energy and sensitise the
students on the need to harness non-renewable energies.
It may be recalled that the Sri Vishnu Group of
Educational Society has launched a community radio named ‘Sri Vishnu FM radio’
sometime back, first of its kind in the educational institutes in the State. It
transmits programmes with the content relevant to the students of Sri Vishnu
Educational Society and the native people around in the local dialect and
diction within the radius of 12 km for 12 hours every day.
The group of colleges, with over 13,000 students,
produces 2 lakh litres of sludge and huge quantities of bio-waste