Thread by @Secretary_MoHUA

Smart Cities Mission promotes developing resilient cities, that are self-sustainable & use renewable sources of energies extensively, are climate sensitive & adopt smart strategies to mitigate climate change.
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‘Energy & Environment’ is among the priority sectors identified by 100 Smart Cities with estimated investments worth over ₹25,000 crore proposed under Smart City Plans (SCPs). Under @SmartCities_HUA, clean energy initiatives encourage use of energy from renewable sources.

Smart Cities are implementing projects relating to use of clean & green energy such as Solar Power Plants, Windmills etc. Smart Cities of Surat, Visakhapatnam, Coimbatore etc. have made project investments to develop solar energy fields, floating solar plants, wind energy plants.

Visakhapatnam Smart City has made innovative use of its water bodies by developing floating solar plants thus capturing solar energy and reducing water evaporation. As of June 2020, solar & wind energy projects worth over ₹200 crore have been completed.

2 MW floating solar farm is installed on the Mudasarlova Reservoir in Visakhapatnam. Solar plant is spread over an area of 17,500 sqm with intermittent opening to allow exchange of gases and sunlight. It supports around 6,250 dual glass solar panels.
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This plant generates over 3,500 MWh electricity in a year, which amounts to saving more than ₹2 crore annually & reduction of over 3,000 tons of CO2 emissions. Environmental Impact of this Plant is equivalent to 1,38,600 mature trees.
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This solar plant helps in checking evaporation up to 70% & saves up to 380 lakh litres of water each year, which can support the annual water requirements of 260 households.

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Ahmedabad has envisaged the benefits of renewable energy and installed solar & wind power plants at various locations with different capacities such as Nakhatrana (KUTCH), Sardar Patel Stadium, Veer Savarkar Complex.

Nakhatrana Wind Power projects – two in number, of 4.2 MW capacity each – have led to savings of ₹18.97 Cr (2.91 Cr units saved) from the first project & ₹10.04 Cr (1.43 Cr units saved) from the second project.

Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation has taken initiative to produce green power by installation of rooftop solar power plants. BMC has signed MoU with @SECI_Ltd for installation of 3 MW & 1 MW with MP Urja Vikas Nigam Limited as Bhopal Rooftop solar projects.

1 MW Solar Power Plant was installed at Ukkadam Sewage Treatment Farm complex in Coimbatore. It covers a land area of 5 Acres. A total number of 3,168 solar panels, each with 320 Wp capacity, have been installed.

Estimated power generation per month is 1,41,360 KWh (i.e. units of power) & cost of savings per month is about ₹7.90 lakhs. This solar plant has a distinction of being the first MW size Solar Power Plant commissioned by an Urban Local Body in the State of Tamil Nadu.

Jabalpur Smart City has commissioned a 790 KW capacity solar rooftop power plant, which is based on net metering. The solar rooftop is placed on Ramanagara, Lalapur & Ranjhi water treatment power plants & on zonal offices of Municipal Corporation & Government schools.

1 MW capacity of Rooftop Solar Power Plant was commissioned by Surat Smart city via “Wheeling of Power mechanism”. It generates 14 lakh units of electricity per annum, which has reduced electricity bills by ₹90 lakhs per annum & helped in reducing CO2 emissions by 1,150 tons.

Surat Municipal Corporation has installed a total 32.4 MW capacity of wind power plants. The electricity generated from these plants is mostly being utilized in the water supply system in PAN as well as ABD are of Surat Smart City.

Tumkur Smart City has unveiled 6 KW centralized off-grid Solar Power Plant along with LED Solar Street Lighting System at Vidyanagar Pump House premises. These solar plants are designed as an array along with a power conditioning unit as the key components of the system.