Kolkata: ‘Adopt solar power, save on electricity bills’

KOLKATA: Electricity bills in Kolkata could drastically drop, if we adopted solar power that is the cheapest at Rs1.99 per unit while thermal power generation cost Rs 3.05 per unit, said Ajay Mathur, director general, International Solar Alliance (ISA) at environment and energy conclave of Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries on Friday.
The man behind the global campaign, One Sun-One World-One Grid (OSOWOG), said that Bengal held huge potential with the abundance of sunlight for more than 300 days in a year.
“The Purulia pump storage is a nationally replicable model that can do wonders. Using the solar energy, water can be lifted to the tank during the day while at night, the same water can be drained out to produce hydel-power energy,” said Mathur, who was the director general of TERI before becoming the DG of ISA.