The Project Allotment Committee for New and Renewable Sources of Energy (NRSE) has approved the allocation of major NRSE projects worth Rs 100 crore for Punjab.
Sharing the information, the state Power, New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar on Thursday said that nine small hydro projects of 5.55 MW total capacity with an investment of Rs 60 crore, one Bio-CNG project involving Rs 17.50 crore and one Bio-Coal Plant with an investment of Rs 26.75 crore would be set up by the private players.
Kangar said: “It is extremely heartening to see that private companies are envisaging immense interest in renewable energy sector. This will not just fetch investment but also increase capacity of green power generation in the State.”
“In addition, they shall utilize rice straw for production of Bio-CNG and Bio-Coal. Above all, this will help in creating jobs in rural economy and also protect the environment,” he said.
The Minister said that hydro projects shall tap low or ultra low head sites for generation of power on the canal falls mainly on upper Bari Doab Canal (UBDC) branch canals apart from Sidhwan branch and Bathinda canal branch.
These will be completed and commissioned in financial year 2020-21, and the total installed capacity of small and mini hydel projects in the State will reach to about 180 MW with installation of these projects.
The project for generation of Bio-CNG from agriculture waste including paddy straw is to be setup by Mahindra Waste to Energy Solutions Limited, Mumbai, (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mahindra and Mahindra Limited) on Build, Operate and Own (BOO) basis under the State NRSE Policy-2012, said Kangar.
He said that this project is proposed to be setup in SAS Nagar (Mohali), and shall be completed and setup within 15 months by the Company and shall generate 6,000 CUM raw biogas per day which will be purified to get about 2.5 tons Bio-CNG per day (approximately 800 ton per annum and Bio-manure 10 to12 ton per day (3300 ton per annum).
The project shall utilize 8000 ton per annum of paddy straw apart from wheat and cattle dung.
The Bio-Coal plant project, based on processing of paddy straw, will be set up at Mehma Sarja village in Bathinda, by Neway Renewable Energy (Bathinda) Private Limited, also on BOO basis. The project shall produce Bio Coal (Briquettes) about 225 ton per day (75000 ton per annum) from using paddy straw about 300 ton per day (one lakh ton per annum).
Source: dailypioneer
