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‘Solar City’ to come up at Kadiri

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Facility to come up on an extent of 10,000 acres
Special policy for solar power generation on anvil

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Rosaiah has announced that an exclusive cluster for setting up solar farms, named ‘Solar City’, will be coming up at Kadiri in Anantapur district to give a fillip to solar power sector in the State.

Giving details of the project at the inauguration of the three-day event Solarcon India 2009 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre here on Monday, Mr. Rosaiah said that the Solar City to come up in 10,000 acres was the second initiative in the solar power sector after Fab City unveiled its logo.

Four firms, Sunborne Inc, USA, Lanco Solar, AES Solar, USA, Titan Energy proposed to set up solar power generation units totalling 2,000 MW with an investment of Rs.3,000 crore in Solar City .

The State government in line with Centre’s soon-to-be launched National Solar Mission to generate 20 Giga watts of solar power by 2020, would also bring out a special policy for solar power generation, he said.

Emphasising the need to promote green energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and cut down carbon emissions, Mr. Rosaiah lauded the effort of Fraunhofer Institute of Germany, a leading research institute on cost-effective and efficient solar power photo voltaic units to set up a training institute in India. Prof. Eicke Weber, Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy systems, who was given Fabcity Excellence Award for 2009, in his keynote address said India as a sun-rich nation should take the lead in generating solar power by choosing cost-effective technologies and developing energy grid for energy transfer.

Minister for Major Industries K. Lakshminarayana , West Bengal IT Minister Debesh Das and India Semi Conductor Association (ISA) president V. B. Naidu spoke.

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