| Posted by: supatra | Jul 08, 2005
By Suvadip Das ( Freelance Writer India)
After lighting up villages with solar energy, the state government has taken up a project for the high-end consumers. A solar energy-housing complex is being built in Action Area-I of New Town, Rajarhat by West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency. The complex would comprise duplex apartments with solar panel attached to the roof top. These buildings will look more like bungalows and it is expected that each house will produce about 250 units of green power per month which will be sold to the grid, said Mr Mrinal Banerjee, the state power minister. He said this type of housing complexes is the first of its kind in the country and 25 such duplex will be constructed in the complex.
The construction work will begin from 1 July and is expected to be completed by December 2006. The complex will be constructed by Bengal-DCL. Mr Banerjee said, each house in the complex may be sold for Rs 38 to Rs 40 lakh. He said if the occupants do not require all the units of energy produced at the rooftop, they could sell it to the grid or get a discount from WBSEB. Mr SP Gon Chowdhury, MD WBREDA, said that the total cost of the project is Rs 11.5 crore of which one crore would be given by Union ministry of non conventional energy and another one crore, the cost of the land, would be obtained from HIDCO. He said that already some NRIs and KoPT are showing interest in the duplex.
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