A great story in India. When in Turkey I saw solar panel driven heating systems on top of every house. In India, where Sunshine is abundant, one does not see it very much. Hence the following story was very warming..
World’s largest solar steam system inaugurated in Shirdi
Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Thursday inaugurated the world’s largest solar steam system, installed at Sri Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi. The system has been designed to cook food for the devotees.
The total cost of the project was estimated at Rs. 1.33 crore and a subsidy of Rs. 58.40 lakh was provided by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), according to an official release here.
The solar system enables the Sansthan to cook food for 20,000 people a day, resulting in a considerable annual saving of one lakh kg of LPG or nearly Rs.20 lakh.
The system, capable of generating about 3,500 kg of steam every day, was installed in a record 10 months. It has been designed in such a way that it can generate steam even in the absence of electricity to run the feed water pump for circulating water in the system.
To promote such systems in the country, the MNRE is promoting a scheme whereby it will bear up to 50 per cent of the cost in the case of non-profit bodies and up to 35 per cent in the case of profit-making bodies availing depreciation benefits.
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