TV9 Discussion: ‘Power Shock’: Solar Power Scheme: Farmers Angry over DK Shivakumar – Full…..,
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Farmers were agitated when the process of receiving online applications for setting up grid-connected mini-solar power plants got over in seven minutes on Thursday morning. The process was carried out by State-held Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. (KREDL).
Under this scheme, farmers who set up such power plants would get a tariff of Rs. 8.40 per unit for power sold to Escoms.
KREDL had called for online applications to set up solar power plants with a capacity of one to three megawatts in their farms. There was an enthusiastic response for this pet project of Energy Minister D. K. Shivakumar.
A few farmers who spoke to The TV9 from different regions of the State alleged that they could not even open the website. However, KREDL maintained that it closed the process as it received enough responses for a total capacity of 300 MW.
But farmers allege that the process lacked transparency and suspect that only those close to the power centres managed to send in their applications.
Post time: Feb-07-2017