Maharashtra's Ahmednagar District to Soon Get Its 1st Solar Agri-Feeder

The five Megawatt feeder will be built as part of the Chief Minister Solar Agriculture project in two villages in Rahata taluk: Kelwad Budruk and Kelward Khurd.

The solar feeder will generate power that will be connected to the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) grid, allowing for daytime electrical supply for agricultural applications.

Presently, electricity is given to farm power connections in the district in three periods- morning, evening, and midnight- on a rotating basis. Farmers have been requesting 12 hours of daytime electrical supply, and this project aims to meet their needs.

Rahata tehsildar Kunday Hiray stated that the district's guardian minister, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, was essential in the project's establishment in the taluka. "Based on his instructions, we came up with an appropriate area for the project," he explained.

According to officials, the number of agricultural power connections linked to the plant would be determined by the amount of electricity generated by it. The procedure of transferring the land in the name of Mahavitaran was thus completed, and the MSEDCL would now build its 5MW solar power facility.

Recently, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis stated that by the end of this year, 30% of all farm feeders in the state would be supplied by solar energy, with government land as well as idle barren lands being used for the purpose.