Bright spot eludes solar powered agri income plan
Chennai: Solar farms of private companies have been sprouting up on arid lands in Tamil Nadu to generate power, but ‘solar panels’ on fertile agricultural lands too may soon come up if the Tamil Nadu Energy Agency (TEDA) has its way.
TEDA has drawn up a plan to enlist farmers from across the state and supply them solar panels free of cost to generate power. While farmers could use the generated power to run their agricultural pump sets to irrigate farmlands, they will also get to export the surplus power to the grid and earn money for it.
