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Indian Army Plans to Build Assam’s Narengi Military Station Fully Renewable

A solar energy plant with a 1 MW capacity has been constructed by the Indian army at the military base for this measure, in order to cater to the Indian army's soldiers.

June 03, 2023. By EI News Network

The Indian Army aims to transform Guwahati's Narengi Military Station into a completely renewable-based military installation in an effort to reduce the effects of global warming.

A solar energy plant with a 1 MW capacity has been constructed by the Indian army at the military base for this measure, in order to cater to the Indian army's soldiers.

As per army officials, they target to expand the solar energy plant's capacity to 3 MW.

The introductory first green solar energy amenity, it claimed to have deployed solar panels made in India.

To upgrade the living circumstances of its soldiers, the army is looking for a dependable power source at high elevations.

 A system of real-time data acquisition and required parameter monitoring was also installed for the analysis of power generation regularly.

This system included the features such as weather parameter sensors like wind direction and speed sensors, solar radiation sensors, humidity sensors, temperature sensors, and barometer pressure sensors.

General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 51 Sub Area at Narengi, Major General RK Jha added, "We have taken various steps making solar power plant of 1 MW capacity. In step two, we are going to use our rooftops to put solar panels and we will use them for our own consumption. Our carbon footprint is very minimum. We also undertake lots of plantation drives. The Narengi Military Station has covered around 3300 acres of land and out of which only 300 acres are built up and 3000 acres is a green patch. In collaboration with the Assam Forest department, we do the large scale of tree plantation using our own troops, their families, children".
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