Meghalaya government to start micro grid systems in select villages.

The Meghalaya government will provide micro grid systems in some villages in the state where power will be generated using renewable resources and energy thus saved will be routed to industries, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said recently.

'We have identified certain villages in the state where there is a possibility of them being delinked from the main grid after they are provided with renewable power,' Sangma said while addressing a national seminar on how power sector impacts on economic growth and industrial development.

He said these micro grid systems would be set up in a radius of one to two kms and in a cluster of villages, while generation of power would solely be on renewable resources like solar, wind and biomass.

The project, if successful, would be beneficial to the state and once the set up is in place and the clusters of villages delinked from the grid, the energy thus saved could be routed to industries where it (power) could be sold at a higher rate, the Chief Minister said.

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