New Delhi, July 11 -- The Delhi government is set to install the Capital's first "solar tree" - a metal structure with solar panels fitted on "branches" - at the Delhi Secretariat as part of a pilot project aimed at promoting renewable energy generation, officials said on Friday.

The installation at the Secretariat - which houses the offices of chief minister Rekha Gupta, ministers and senior bureaucrats - is expected to serve as a prototype for similar structures at prominent intersections and public spaces across the city, officials said.

The proposal is being developed by the power department in consultation with other agencies, people familiar with the matter said. If the pilot proves successful, solar trees will be replicated at ke...