Major solar energy system will be installed including street lighs, garden lights, traffic lights, hoardings, solar water heaters etc. Energy efficient green buildings also will be promoted on large scale in Nagpur.
At least one city in each state to a maximum of five cities in a state will be supported by the ministry. These cities are being developed to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and expensive oil and gas for energy and to promote increased use of renewable energy.
To set an example for other cities to be developed as solar cities, it has been decided in the ministry to develop two cities as model solar cities. Financial support up to a maximum INR95 million will be available to each of these model solar cities. The support will be on 50% cost sharing basis from respective municipal corporation/city administration/state government.
Release will be made after the city identified for development as model solar city submits its master plan for which a separate support is available under the scheme as per above. As the total funds of INR0.19 billion (ministry support of INR0.095 billion and the matching grant from municipal corporation/city administration/state government) for developing a city as model solar city may not be sufficient, the city, in addition to this grant will be eligible to draw separate support for installation of renewable energy systems from various ongoing schemes of the ministry wherein the present restriction on the number/ capacity of renewable energy systems/devices being supported in a city, if any, may not be applicable.
