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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is set to go green

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The Hindu    06.09.2012

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is set to go green

BANGALORE: If all goes well, the much hyped project of generating power through naturally available wind and solar light would lit BBMP and Utility building.

BBMP is mulling over to install wind mill and solar panels on its head office at NR Square and generate energy through the same. Out of several companies that have demonstrated their project on these lines, Luminous renewable energy solutions private limited, a Pune based company seems to have bright chances. On Wednesday, when the company representative M K Naryan demonstrated the project to BBMP, impressed were the Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy and Commissioner Rajneesh Goel.

"With the combined working of wind mill and solar panels, we can generate 800 units of power on a daily basis. This power can run fans, lights, and computers. It can not be sued to for running ACs and lifts. The windmills are lightening proof," said Narayan.

"We would like to implement this project on two buildings at BBMP headquarters and at Utility building to begin with," Mayor told TOI."It's a good idea. It can be replicated in high rise buildings and apartments to make use of the naturally available energy," said Goel.

According to Narayan, in Bangalore the wind mills can potentially work due to the adequate speed of wind flow. "The wind turbines would not affect the birds, as the noise and vibrations created by the turbines will keep the birds away," said Narayan.The windmill, and solar panel can be installed in any high rise building of five floors and above or of height 20 metre or 65.6 feet.

Last Updated on Thursday, 06 September 2012 06:19