Floating solar plants to power Jalood pumping station in Indore

The solar plants will be set up at Jalood and Yeshwant Sagar through fund raised by releasing Masala Bonds. The corporation officials aim to raise Rs 500 crore through these bonds.

INDORE: Narmada supply system at Jalood will soon be powered by solar energy as Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) plans to set up two floating solar power plants with capacity of 50 megawatt each.

The solar plants will be set up at Jalood and Yeshwant Sagar through fund raised by releasing Masala Bonds. The corporation officials aim to raise Rs 500 crore through these bonds.

IMC’s additional commissioner Veerbhadra Sharma said that they are considering floating solar plants  ..

“Though cost of floating solar system would be a bit high, it would have various other benefits such as high productivity and will also save evaporation loss of the water body,” he said.

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