Farmers in Vaijapur reap benefits from Maharashtra’s first solar energy park

Updated On: 07 September, 2024 06:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore

Solar energy park to power agriculture pumps in the daytime, avoiding dangers associated with irrigating land at night

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The Dhondalgaon solar energy Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar will power 1,753 farmers’ agriculture water pumps in the daytime

Some 1,700 farmers of Dhondalgaon in Vaijapur don’t need to stay up all night to irrigate their farms as the state’s first-ever solar energy park for farming will power their water pumps during the daytime. The farmers had to go through a tough night regimen because a cheaper/subsidised electricity supply would be available in shifts in the day and night.

The three-megawatt (MWS) solar park is a part of the exclusive scheme under which agriculture pumps will be powered through a 9,200MW of generation to be achieved in a decentralised manner at several sites across the state by December 2025, said Lokesh Chandra, CMD of the state’s electricity distribution company, Mahavitaran.

Deputy CM and Energy Minister Devendra Fadnavis conceptualised the scheme and ensured a quick rollout. The Dhondalgaon solar farm was operational in a record four and a half months. Fadnavis had said that this would be the world’s biggest decentralised renewable energy project. The Dhondalgaon project was allocated to the implementer company on March 7 and the power purchase agreement was signed on May 17. The project became operational on September 5.

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