New Delhi Aug 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said his government is working on a new model to provide solar power to the city at Re 1 per unit.
Kejriwal was addressing a gathering after inaugurating solar plants on the rooftop of five residential societies in South West Delhi s Dwarka having a capacity of 416.5 KW.
The power from the new plant would be available at Rs 2.64 per unit.
"In the coming months we will try to provide power at Re 1 to the people as our Power Minister Satyendar Jain is working on a new solar power model " Kejriwal said.
"The plant was set up without any additional land being used. This clean energy will replace over 10 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the life of the plant " Kejriwal said.
Each year over 4.8 lakhs units of power will be generated through the plant.
In May Kejriwal inaugurated the city s first rooftop solar power plant having a capacity of 140-KW at IP Extension making it the first group housing society in the national capital to have its own solar power plant.
The Delhi Government is aiming to generate 1000 MW by 2020 and 2000 MW by 2025 through rooftop solar installation.

--IANS nks/prs