Haryana signs MoU with 4 Independent Power Producers

by Haryananewswire (Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, AUG 7

The Haryana Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four Independent Power Producers for setting up of five biomass power projects of 51 MW capacity with an investment of Rs. 230 crore. Out of these, two projects are likely to be soon commissioned.

            While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that the State Government had increased annual budget of Renewable Energy Department from Rs.3.9 crore in the year 2004-2005 to Rs. 42.43 crore in  the year 2012-13 as a part of its programme to promote renewable energy in the state.

            To produce electricity from the distillery waste, a project of one MW capacity at M/s Ashoka Distillery and Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Hathin , district Palwal and three MW project at M/s Globus Spirit, Smalkhan, district Panipat had been setup.  For generation of power from agricultural waste, 11 projects of 24.95 MW capacity through cogeneration route had been setup in the industries, he added.

Under Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission, eight projects of 7.8 MW capacity had already  been commissioned in the State which included seven projects of one MW each at village Nandha (district Bhiwani), village Badhour (district Panchkula), Village Balsamand, (district Hisar), village Panchaota (district Mahendergarh), village Sarakpur(district Panchkula), village Kumthala(district Sirsa), village Nigana (district Rohtak) and 0.8 MW Project in village Silarpurmehta district Mahendergarh, said the spokesman adding that under off-grid programme of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, solar power projects of 541.45 KW capacity had been setup in 30 private sector and Govt. offices.

He said that 5635 SPV Home Lighting Systems had been installed with an investment of Rs. 5.99 crore  in 11 villages of district Hisar having 50 per cent or more population of members belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes (SC /ST) upto March 31,2012. Similarly, 3863 SPV Home Lighting Systems had been installed with an investment of Rs. 4.10 crore in 67 villages of district Rewari, four villages of district Jhajjar and eight villages of district Mahendergarh having 50 per cent or more SC /ST population and  in 56 villages of district Rewari, Mahendergarh and Fatehabad having 50 per cent or more ST population,  1616 SPV Street Lighting Systems had been installed.

As many as  6500 Solar Lamps costing over Rs.1.38 crore had been provided free of cost to the students of ST category.  A project to install 3936 SPV Street Lighting Systems with an investment of Rs. 9.5 crore in 313 villages of district Yamuna Nagar, Ambala, Jhajjar, Rohtak, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Panipat, Sonipat, Jind, Faridabad, Bhiwani, Gurgaon & Panchkula having 50% or more SC population had been completed, he added.

He said that to produce power from the bagasse  in Sugar Mills through cogeneration route, a 1.8 MW project at Meham Cooperative Sugar Mill, 24 MW project at Shahbad Cooperative Sugar Mill, 16 MW project at Rohtak Cooperative Sugar Mill and 2 MW project at Hafed Cooperative Sugar Mill, Asandh had been setup.To create awareness among the students and masses about renewable energy and energy conservation technologies, 21 District Level Energy Parks had been setup in the State with an investment of Rs. 1.8 crore.

“Haryana is one of the leading States where Energy Conservation Fund has been created for execution of energy conservation programmes”, he added.

The spokesman pointed out that an innovative scheme to reward the Panchayats which have done excellent work for the promotion of renewable energy has been initiated in the State. Under this scheme, State level first, second and third prizes of Rs. 5.00 lakh , Rs. 4.00 lakh and Rs. 3.00 lakh respectively and District level first and second prizes of Rs. 50,000  and Rs. 25,000  were given. Energy Clubs had also been setup in 14 engineering colleges of the State with an investment of Rs. 3.5 lakh to promote Renewable Energy.

He said, “ Haryana is one of the few leading states in the country where Energy Conservation Awards ranging from Rs.50,000 to Rs. 2.00 lakh had been initiated for energy conservation & energy management in HT & LT Industries, Educational Institutes, Commercial buildings, Govt. & Non-Govt. institutions. In the agriculture sector, old pumps of 205 farmers of Mohanpur Feeder of district Kurukeshtra were being replaced with 4 star pump sets on which an expenditure of Rs. 1.25 crore would  be incurred by the State Government.  Now, the use of minimum 4 Star rating agriculture pumpsets had been made mandatory for the farmers”.

“ Haryana has been awarded first and second awards respectively at National Level for SPV Urban programme and Solar Cooker Programme for the year 2007-08.  The State has been awarded Best State Award consecutively for the last four year since 2007-08 for promotion of energy conservation.” he added.