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Published: January 2016 (10 years ago) in issue Nº 318

Keywords: Solar Villages, Irumbai, Government of Tamil Nadu and Auroville Consulting

Irumbai solar village

 
The Government of Tamil Nadu has approved a Solar Village Project for Irumbai village which has been promoted by Auroville Consulting. The pilot project will demonstrate that a village can (on an annual basis) produce all the energy it consumes from grid-connected solar PV systems and should / can therefore be exempted from load shedding. The financial outlay is Rs 2.08 crore. Auroville Consulting is now preparing an outline of an implementation plan.