Thane City Highlighted for Using Solar Power

Thane city was highlighted along with 8 other cities in the world for innovations in energy saving in an article in Wall Steet Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120248655589254033.html


In Thane, Since the program began to install solar power, 16,300 families in the city have connected to solar water heaters, Mr. Pote, deputy city engineer-Thane (electrical) says. With those efforts, the city today saves enough electricity to power more than 5,000 homes. "This is still a small fraction," Mr. Pote adds. "If we can get at least 25% of the families to start using solar water heaters, we can reduce the city's total electricity consumption by almost 15%."

Thane was highlighted in the above mentioned Wall Street Journal article