The government is not ready to abandon or postpone important projects in the face of opposition or controversy, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
He wasspeaking on Sunday after inaugurating a 12 MW solar power plant set up on 35 acres of land atEttukudaka,near Payyannur, by Cochin International Airport Limited.
The Chief Minister promised that the government would undertake Environment-friendly development activities which would be beneficial to the local community. As part of it, large-scale solar projects and small hydel projects should come to the State. Solar power Plants were indispensable for the future of our country.
The Chief Minister said that CIALs eco-friendly initiative had further strengthened the development vision of the .
The solar power plant at Payyannur is a terrain-based installation, which was done by retaining the gradients of the land and it can accommodate 35% more panels than the plants in the plains. The plant would produce 48,000 units of electricity a day.
With this, the installed capacity of CIALs solar plants has increased to 50 MW. The power generated here is supplied to Kankol 110 KV substation through an underground cable.