TNPSC Thervupettagam

Solar Energy – First Union Territory

March 14 , 2018 2451 days 921 0
  • Diu has become the first and only Union Territory in the country to be fully run on solar energy.
  • Diu has an area of just 42 square kilometres and population of 56,000. For water and electricity, the Union territory was solely dependent on Gujarat government.
  • The UT generates total of 13 megawatts (MW) of electricity from solar power generating facilities daily.
  • Of this, 3 MW is generated by rooftop solar plants and 10 MW by its other solar power plants.

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