Panaji, the capital city of Goa, aims to be a complete ‘solar city’ within two years, chief minister Pramod Sawant who is also the chairman of the Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA), the nodal agency for prompting the state’s aim to achieve its renewable energy goals, said.
“The Ministry of Renewable Energy and GEDA, have decided to make Panaji a solar city. For this we will need to generate around 80 megawatt (MW) of renewable energy power. For this we need the support of the people to adopt rooftop solar projects along with solar projects on government buildings,” the chief minister said.