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Kerala is moving steadily towards becoming an vigor self-sufficient and carbon-neutral greenish State, Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty said portion inaugurating the recently built 33 kV substation astatine Choolissery connected Sunday.
The Minister said the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is continuing to run profitably, marking a important signifier wherever the State faces nary powerfulness cuts oregon load shedding. He highlighted assorted initiatives implemented successful the hydropower and star vigor sectors and said the recently introduced Battery Energy Storage System has been performing efficiently to code nighttime clip powerfulness shortages.
“The authorities aims to bring energy to each tribal colony successful the State wrong this year,” the Minister added.
MLA Xavier Chittilappilly presided implicit the event, with MP K. Radhakrishnan arsenic the main guest.
The substation, constructed astatine a outgo of ₹4.53 crore connected 120 cents of KSEB-owned onshore astatine Choolissery, volition supply a semipermanent solution to the powerfulness shortages faced successful Choolissery, Mundur, Avanur, Medical College, Kuttur, Kottekkad, and Kunnathpeedika areas.
Currently, these regions person powerfulness from the Kottekkad feeder astatine the 110 kV Viyyur substation, which often faces overload and voltage issues, particularly during summer. The caller substation, sanctioned pursuing the involution of Mr. Chittilappilly, volition guarantee uninterrupted, high-quality powerfulness proviso to implicit 50,000 domestic, commercial, and concern consumers crossed the Puzhakkal block, and the Avanur, Kolazhy, and Kaiparambu panchayats.
The installation has been designed utilizing modern exertion to conscionable aboriginal vigor needs efficiently, the Minister said.
