The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) has inked a power purchase agreement with private developers (farmers) in six districts for 7 MW solar power generation projects as part of the Kusum Yojana in an aim to boost farmers’ incomes and raise their level of self-reliance.
With the help of various banks, farmers will erect solar power producing facilities in the arid or unproductive lands. They would also receive subsidies from the government of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
In the districts of Bijnor, Hathras, Mahoba, Jalaun, Deoria, and Lucknow, solar power producing facilities will be built.
A 1.5 MW solar power generation centre will be built in the village of Vilaspur in Bijnor, a 0.5 MW (500 kW) facility in Mauhari in Hathras, a 1 MW facility in Devgaon in Mahoba, a 1 MW facility in Khuksis in Jalaun, a 1 MW facility in Bariyarpur in Deoria, and a 2 MW facility in Parseni in the Lucknow district
According to an official assessment, this programme will offer farmers two different kinds of rewards. In the beginning, they will be able to replace the antiquated diesel irrigation pumps with solar-powered irrigation pumps.
Second, they can earn an additional Rs 80,000 annually by selling the electricity generated by the solar plant built at the farm to the power companies.
A one megawatt solar plant needs five acres of land to be built under the Kusum Yojana. The pumps provided by this programme will be installed in place of the diesel and electricity-powered agricultural pumps already in use.
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