On October 4, 2025, Shri Shripad Naik, Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy, inaugurated IREDA's 45 kW On-Grid Solar Power System at a water pumping station in North Goa district as a CSR initiative. The project is expected to generate about 60,000 units annually and achieve 100% solarization of the pumping load. The project aims to showcase how renewable energy can sustainably power public water distribution systems. Shri Pradip Kumar Das, CMD, IREDA, stated that this initiative extends IREDA's commitment to clean energy beyond financing and into community development. The event was attended by officials from IREDA's CSR team, Goa Drinking Water Department, and local authorities. (Release ID: 2174845)
Key Entities Referenced
IREDA: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency, which has a CSR initiative to extend clean energy into community development
Solar CSR Project: A Corporate Social Responsibility initiative by IREDA to install On-Grid Solar Power Systems at water pumping stations.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy: Union Ministry overseeing the solar project inauguration.
Goa: Location of the IREDA Solar CSR project.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
MoS Shri Shripad Naik Inaugurates IREDA’s 45 kW
Solar CSR Project for Goa Water Supply
Posted On: 04 OCT 2025 7:14PM by PIB Delhi
Shri Shripad Naik, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy, today
inaugurated the installation of a 45 kW On-Grid Solar Power System at a water pumping station in North Goa
district under IREDA’s CSR initiative.
Expected to generate about 60,000 units annually, the project will achieve 100% solarization of the pumping
load. It aims to showcase how renewable energy can sustainably power public water distribution systems.
In a message, Shri Pradip Kumar Das, CMD, IREDA, said, “This initiative underlines IREDA’s commitment
to extend clean energy beyond financing and into community development. Solarization of public services
such as water pumping stations can become a replicable model for sustainable energy transition nationwide.”
Officials from IREDA’s CSR team, Goa Drinking Water Department, and local authorities were present at theevent.
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Navin Sreejith
(Release ID: 2174845)