From floating ones at the waterworks to panels at the parking of new lake, Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest) has proposed 10 solar power projects that it hopes to build by August 23 for producing the targeted 75 megawatts of electricity.
UT adviser Dharam Pal had asked for reports on these proposals recently. Crest has achieved 48 MW solar power generation, while its 75 MW target is for August 15, 2023, actually. Under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ campaign, Crest will also build two floating solar power plants in the city, a 2MW one at Sector 39 waterworks and a 500KW one at the Dhanas lake. Crest CEO Debendra Dalai briefed the UT adviser, while the administration already has shared details with the Centre.
Crest’s executive committee had approved the tender for a 2 MWp floating solar power plant at the Sector 39 waterworks and an 800 kWp solar plant at the Sector 42 lake parking. CEO Dalai said the plant at the waterworks will cost Rs 11.70 crore, while the one in Sector 42 will cost Rs 4.66 crore. “The first will help the MC earn a revenue of Rs 1.38 crore a year, 70% or Rs 97.21 lakh of which will go to the UT and 30% or Rs 41.66 lakh to the MC,” he said.
The ministry of new and renewable energy had enhanced the city’s solar power generation target from 50 MW to 69 MW, to be achieved by 2022. So far, the UT has reached the point of 48 MW.
