The Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is aiming to become the first university in the country to be fully powered by green energy.
The KAU will ink a memorandum of understanding with the Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (Anert) for a ‘green power project’ on Wednesday, on the occasion of Kerala Piravi Day.
In the initial stage, the project envisages installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic power plants with a combined installed capacity of 600 kilowatts (kW) on KAU campuses. In this phase, the KAU expects an estimated annual energy yield of 7.68 lakh units annually.