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Environment NEWS: Diu is a town in Diu district in the union territory of Daman and Diu located in Gujarat, India. Diu district is the tenth least populated district of India.
Diu smart city has become the first city in India that runs on 100% renewable energy during daytime setting a new example for other cities to follow. The city is generating 1.3 MW of power annually and nearly cutting down importing power of 73 percent.
“The city has developed a 9-Mw solar park spread over 50 hectares rocky barren land, besides installing solar panels on the rooftops on 79 government buildings, generating 1.3 MW annually” (ET)
The benefit to the environment –
“Diu smart city is saving about 13,000 tons of carbon emissions every year and due to low-cost solar energy, power tariffs have been cut in a residential category by 10 percent last year and 15 percent this year”
Words by The Bodo Tribe 18 (Team)
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