In India, the whole city completely switched to solar energy

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В Индии целый город полностью перешел на солнечную энергию

Formally, CSD is not considered a city, it became the first Union territory in India, which has been fully converted to solar energy. Daman and DIU geographically separated but form a single administrative of the Union territory. It is regulated directly by the Federal government of India and does not have its own management, as in other States and in several other Union territories in India. DIU is located near the southernmost point of the Indian state of Gujarat.

According to media reports, DIU became the first Union territory in India, 100% power which is carried out by solar energy. The total installed capacity of solar power plants is 13 MW (10 MW ground systems and 3 megawatts in the roof).

Area of DIU is just 42 square kilometers. For comparison, Manhattan island lies 59 miles square. However, peak power consumption Diu is in the range of 7 MW, which is much lower compared to the energy of Manhattan. Until it was installed new SES, energy for CSD supplied from neighbouring Gujarat.

The installed capacity of solar power plants almost twice the peak power to the PD. According to one of the Executive engineers of the energy Department, the total daily output of solar energy is about 10.5 megawatts, which is almost 50% higher than the electricity demand.

Although the messages of the media does not mention which sources are used at night and cloudy days, in the framework of India’s energy rules, there are mechanisms to address this problem. Diu can export any excess solar energy generated during the day in Gujarat to what he needs during the night or in times of shortage of solar energy. The barter is permitted and is commonly used in Indian power system. This approach was implemented in the International Cochin airport is the first in the world, which is fully supplied with electricity from solar panels.

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