VIJAYAWADA: A one-megawatt solar power plant came into operation at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) in Nuzvid. The plant was established by the University with the support of New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) at an estimated cost of Rs 3.5 crore.
With the new facility coming into operation recently, the University will save Rs 49 lakh power bills per annum, RGUKT-Nuzvid director Acharya GVR Srinivasa Rao said and informed that the solar power plant was established in six acres of land in the University premises with the support of NREDCAP and Varshini Exim. The power generated from the plant will be supplied to class rooms, laboratories, administrative buildings, boys and girls hostels and mess.
