IREDA Installs 45 kW On-Grid Solar System in North Goa Water Pumping Station

Type: renewable energy / current affairs 2025.

• Project: 45 kW On-Grid Solar Power Plant at a water pumping station at North Goa.
• By: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) in the course of CSR.
• operators: maintained by: New and renewable energy sources
• , operated by 2001-2015: 4000 to 5000 kW

Key Highlights:

• Projected to produce approximately 60000 units of electricity in a year.
• Allows the pumping load to be solarized 100 percent.
• Shows sustainability in the use of renewable energy in the distribution of water to the population.
• Can act as an example of solarizing of utility nationwide.

Significance:

• Demonstrates the desire of IREDA to go beyond financing by integrating clean energy.
• Enhances community growth and the energy shift.
• Attendees of the event: IREDA CMD Pradip Kumar Das, CSR team, Goa Drinking Water Department, local authorities.