By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, October 2, 2015 : The metal major, National Aluminium Company Ltd [Nalco] on Friday launched the first solar village on the outskirts of the capital city here.

Nalco chairman cum managing director Tapan Kumar Chand inaugurated the solar facilities at Barapitha, in the presence of Khurda district collector, Niranjan Sahoo, inspector general of police, Joydeep Nayak, and other officials.

“While today Green Energy has become a buzz word, the vision behind such an innovative initiative was to enhance the usage of non-conventional energy sources in households,” Shri Chand said.

the Nalco CMD complimented Joydeep Nayak for conceptualizing the idea of transforming this hamlet with hundreds of households into a solar village. Nalco, Ecco and Jakson Solar have supported this project.

Nalco has already taken steps towards harnessing unconventional energy sources. The company has set up two Wind Power Plants in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.

In the field of solar power, it has installed roof-top solar power generation systems at its corporate office and township.

Nalco is fast emerging as a leading organization in promoting green initiatives, Chand said, “On behalf of NALCO, I assure you that our company will continue its efforts to promote green technology and support such innovative measures,” he added.

Informing about the project, Joydeep Nayak said that under this project, each household of this village will be having two Solar Home Lighting Systems with the facility to charge mobile phones and other devices.

The village roads and school will have Perennial Solar Lighting by Mast Head Lighting and Street Lighting Systems. The Village Community Centre has been provided with an LED TV, with Dish Antenna, which runs on Solar Power.