JICA signs grant agreement of 4 billion Yen for power in Andaman islands
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) today signed a grant agreement with the Government of India, to provide aid of up to 4,016,000,000 Japanese Yen (around Rs 250 crores) for a power supply project in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The objective of the project is to utilise the power generated from renewable energy sources and stabilise the power supply in South Andaman, by introducing necessary equipment and facilities such as storage battery system (30MW / 15MWh), grid interconnection cassette, SCADA, buildings for energy storage, thereby contributing to the improvement of industrial competitiveness in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
