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BHEL sets up solar-diesel power plant in Lakshadweep
Our Bureau
Bangalore
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Feb. 20
THE Bangalore-based Electronics Division of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has said it has commissioned the country's largest solar-diesel hybrid power plant at Lakshadweep's tourist island of Bangaram.
This will considerably reduce the consumption of high-speed diesel and conserve the ecology of the island that attracts a large number of tourists for energy-intensive water sports activities, BHEL said in a release.
Until now the island administration was totally dependent on diesel power plants which posed air and ground water pollution threat to the island. Transporting diesel from Kozhikode is costly and depends on sea conditions.
The Electricity Department started with a 10-KW solar power plant and upgraded it to a 50-KW hybrid plant to ensure 24-hour supply. It now wants to replicate the system in all other islands.
BHEL said solar power plants set up by it in eight other islands have added over 1 MW to the total capacity there.
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