Thanks To Solar SMC Will Save Rs.60 lakh On Power Bills Yearly

The Salem municipal corporation (SMC) has installed solar panels atop its buildings in all the four zones at a cost of Rs 3.55 crore under the smart city project.

The solar panels would be able to produce 40,067.50 units of electricity in a month and nearly 1.46 crore units a year.

The corporation was earlier paying nearly Rs 10 lakh on electricity bills, now the cost has come down to Rs 5 lakh in the past two months.

Solar panels with a capacity to produce about 52.56KW electricity have been set up in Suramangalam zone, while Hasthampatty zone has got panels with a capacity to produce 208.66KW electricity. The total capacity of solar panels in Ammapet zone is 152.61KW and those in Kondalampatty zone is 57.71KW.

The move would help them save Rs 60 lakh on electricity bills a year.

This is a Syndicate News-Feed; edited by Clean-Future Team