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Energy park the first of its kind in Karnataka was inaugurated in Bangalore today by Shobha Karandlaje

L.Raghunanda
Bangalore

Renewable energy and environmental friendly energy has to become way of life said Shobha Karandlaje Energy Minister , Karnataka Govt, while inaugurating the Energy Park located adjacent to Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain.

“It is good to see that various equipments are powered by solar energy as renewable energy, and are seen in the energy park, it is befitting example so to say.

“At a times when we are facing deficit of energy, in a small way people must try to make use of solar energy in their own way, by which pressure and dependence on Hydro electricity, thermal and nuclear energy can be reduced.

Karandlaje called and asked citizens to adopt solar energy to meet the domestic energy needs “today our people build house costing lakhs, this is very much seen in big cities as well as town and villages even, but by spending just a few lakhs, they should see that energy need are meet by having solar installation in their house.

The park which has the in display the various Solar energy implements, for the people to get to see, also make solar energy as part of life, buy some of the implements “ ministry has been promoting solar energy, and policy was framed in this direction.

“We have decided that in future this park will not only have various implements that run on solar energy, or for that any other renewable energy, but there will also be stalls where various solar implements will be for sale, where people can buy.

Energy Park, the first of its kind in Bangalore, replete with a solar hut with a photovoltaic rooftop system, a children's pool with a solar water heater test facility, battery-operated vehicles that will take you around the park and a windmill that pumps bore well water among others .
A park has a demonstration of street lighting and garden lights with a small solar panel has been highlighted. Aero generators (miniature version of windmills) have been put up at various places in the park to create energy through wind.


There are also Biogas plant, biomass gasifiers, biofuel energy plantation, box type solar cooker, digital weighing machine powered solar power.

The 1.5 crore project has been undertaken by Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL), in association with the Horticultural Department. The venture has also been financially supported by the Ministries of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES).