📰 IN NEWS — Diu Becomes India’s First Fully Solar-Powered District
⚡ Key Highlights
- Location: Diu (Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu)
- Achievement:
- First fully solar-powered district in India
- Meets 100% of its daytime electricity demand from solar energy
☀️ Installed Solar Capacity
- Total Capacity: 11.88 MW
- 9 MW — Ground-mounted (notably Fudam Solar Park)
- 2.88 MW — Rooftop installations
- Benefits:
- Reduced transmission & distribution (T&D) losses
- Enabled revision of electricity tariffs (lower cost to consumers)
- Contributed to energy security, sustainability and carbon reduction
🏛 Governance & Initiatives
- Visited by: Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi
- Reviewed:
- Status of solar energy generation & supply
- Implementation of PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
- UT Administration: Praful Patel (Administrator), Energy Secretary T. Arun, Collector Vivek Kumar, other senior officials
- Future Plans: Explore energy storage systems to allow round-the-clock solar power usage and expand solar capacity further
Updated - 30 May 2025 12:18 PM | https://www.saurenergy.com/