Renewable energy is what the earth needs today. Thermal (coal) and nuclear power plants are giving way to solar and hydrogen power plants.
Goa government recently signed an MoU with EESL to install 100 MW solar power plants on government land and would be the first in the country to implement the project. Will this be innovative or just a trial and error project?
This requires 4 acres of land or 16000 sqmts if you use high efficiency polycrystalline panels. Knowing Goa’s ‘expertise’ at negotiation, we might be strapped with monocrystalline panels.
Presently, government land exists in panchayat areas, which is nicely utilised as ‘green’ areas with ornamental plants. Are these going to make way for blue/grey reflecting farms? Is more land going to be acquired for ‘public good’?
Surely, we must start from ground level and not the present way. The red, barren mining pits which are discarded are the ideal grounds for a double ‘greening’ endeavour. And stadium roofs, but not the ‘soft’ soil in villages.
