Lucknow, June 15 -- The UP State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) has identified 12 new sites for the installation of solar power plants. This initiative is part of the state government's Solar Energy Policy-2022, which focuses on reducing energy costs, promoting environmental conservation, and cutting carbon emissions. The selected sites for these installations include Surajpur site-5, EPIP (Gautam Buddh Nagar), TDS city (Ghaziabad), SEZ (Moradabad), Jagdishpur (Amethi), Baghpat, EPIP (Agra), Kosi Kotwan (Mathura), GC-1 Jhansi, Kursi Road (Barabanki), Naini (Prayagraj), and Shahjahanpur. These locations, all recognised as strategic industrial hubs, are being developed into solar-enabled zones under the "Solar Industrial Zones" concept. A model of this initiative has already been set at the UPSIDA headquarters in Kanpur. htc...