Exclusive education park to showcase range of renewable energy sources

May 04, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 07:24 am IST - PUDUCHERRY:

Chief Minister N. Rangasamy and Education Minister T. Thiagarajan inspect a solar car at the Energy Education Park in Puducherry on Sunday. Photo: T. Singaravelou

Chief Minister N. Rangasamy and Education Minister T. Thiagarajan inspect a solar car at the Energy Education Park in Puducherry on Sunday. Photo: T. Singaravelou

An Energy Education Park was inaugurated by Chief Minister N. Rangasamy at Kurinji Nagar, Lawspet on Sunday.

The objective of the park is to offer play as a method of education on the importance of energy, different types of energy, renewable energy sources and new generation technologies through working and demo models.

The Energy Education Park is a project of the Renewable Energy Agency, Puducherry.

An official press note from Renewable Energy Agency said the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has come out with an initiative to set up Energy Education Parks in each State and Union Territory in the country.

The park consists of an exhibition hall for indoor exhibits, a lush green landscaping for out door exhibits and a canteen block for refreshment.

The exhibition hall has been designed as a green building which utilises the natural sources for lighting and cooling. The indoor exhibits includes a film theatre, quiz and games on renewable energy, working models on different types of energy, hydraulics, demo models for energy generation through renewable sources and display boards.

The outdoor exhibits consist of solar car tracks with toy cars for children to drive, remote controlled solar boat, energy generation drum, energy generation slide and working models of solar power plant, windmill, solar cooker and a bio-digester. The landscaping has been designed with water bodies, trees, herbs and shrubs keeping in mind a sustainable residential landscape architecture practices which decrease energy usage and improve water efficiency.

Training centre

It is proposed to set up a training centre in the exhibition hall to impart one week to one month hands-on training to the ITI, Polytechnic students on the importance of sustainable energy. The training will be an initiative to create a pool of technicians keeping in view the demand in the sectors which are growing at a rapid speed.

The park is open for public from 10.00 a.m to 5.30 p.m. Access to the park is free for Government schools and colleges and a nominal fee is proposed to be charged for other visitors.

The park has been set up at a cost of Rs. 2 crore with the UT and Government of India, Ministry of New Renewable Energy, New Delhi, sharing 50 per cent each.

Science, Technology and Environment Minister T. Thiagarajan, MLAs- Ashok Anand and M. Vaithianathan were present during the occasion.

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