Hosapete, Bidar to turn green cities with floating solar parks
The state government has proposed to turn Hosapete and Bidar into solar cities in a Rs 1,323.5-crore project that also includes two floating solar plants of 200 MW capacity in the backwaters of Tungabhadra and Karanja reservoirs.
Detailed project reports for generating a total of 270.5 MW of power to provide for the needs of the two cities have been submitted to the Union Government.
“According to the plan, Bidar and Hosapete will go green by 2025. The two cities were selected in keeping with the Centre’s guidelines which placed equal emphasis on the city’s place in history as much as its solar potential, which is quite rich in several parts of the state,” an official looking into renewable energy projects in Karnataka said.
