Under the Development of Solar Cities Programme of the union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), six cities in North-East India will be developed as Solar Cities. The six cities are Guwahati and Jorhat in Assam, Kohima and Dimapur in Nagaland, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh and Agartala in Tripura. The MNRE would bear 90 per cent of the cost involved and 10 per cent would be borne by the respective northeastern state governments. Elsewhere, 70 per cent of the cost would be borne by the central government and 30 per cent by the state authorities concerned.
Additional Facts
- The largest solar power plant in the world is found in the Mojave Desert, USA.
- Spacecraft and space stations such as the International Space Station (ISS) often use solar panels to generate power.
- Solar chemical processes replace fossil fuels as a source for chemical energy and can make solar energy storable and transportable.
- Solar energy is being recognized as the future of alternative energy sources as it is non polluting and helps combat the Greenhouse effect on global climate created by use of fossils fuels.
- The earth receives about 1,366 watts of direct solar radiation per square meter.
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